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Asked over 1 year ago - Kannapolis, NC
FlagMy father worked as a mechanic for 40 years and has just recently had to go through radiation for tumors on his larynx. Is there a way to sue the companies because he was exposed for so long unknowingly even though he was a smoker and that probably had something to do with it as well
I am an attorney in North Carolina with about 18 years experience handling asbestos lawsuits.
For there to be an asbestos-related laryngeal cancer the individual usually must have worked with or around asbestos products on a regular basis for five years or more on a daily basis --in order to get the significant exposure to asbestos dust that would make this cancer possibly linked to asbestos as opposed to smoking.
Other factors in assessing this possible asbestos lawsuit would be whether he has been diagnosed with asbestosis and the number of "pack years" for the cigarette smoking
In addition to an asbestos lawsuit, your father may have a North Carolina workers compensation claim -- where the smoking issue would less of a problem in terms of medical causation, i.e., is this smoking-related cancer or an asbestos-related cancer.
For more information see my Asbestos Legal Watch: North Carolina web site: http://www.asbestos-mesothelioma.com
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