Some mesothelioma patients know
they worked around asbestos, but many do not know how they were exposed or how
often. In fact, many people are not sure if they were ever near this
carcinogen. Unfortunately, there have been thousands of products that contained
asbestos - cigarette filters, hair dryers, brakes, basement and roof materials,
pipes, boilers, insulation, and many other products found throughout the home
and at work. If you were diagnosed with mesothelioma it is more than likely
that you were exposed to asbestos multiple times in your life and that this
happened decades before your diagnosis.
In general, the value of your
case depends on how many asbestos containing products you were exposed to, the
number of identifiable defendants that still exist (many have declared
bankruptcy), your age and earning capacity. And the speed of your case can
depend on a number of variables including the state where you worked and lived
when you were exposed to asbestos.