Charlotte Asbestos Attorney

Charlotte’s population now exceeds 800,000 residents, making it one of the 20 largest cities in America. Given the importance of this major metro region, it is perhaps unsurprising that Charlotte is a significant financial center with strong manufacturing and industrial centers.

These sectors have fueled the city’s rapid growth since the 19th century, a time when Charlotte was best known for its railroad industry, cotton processing and local mills. In the century and decades that followed, much of the city’s construction was built with asbestos-containing materials, exposing Charlotte workers and residents to the dangers of asbestos-related disease.

Why Is Asbestos Exposure Harmful?

Asbestos-containing materials at jobsites can release into the air once they are disturbed, which sets the stage for workers at the jobsite to contract deadly diseases. Workers who swallow or inhale these fibers can suffer greatly once the fibers enter the lining of the lungs since asbestos in the body can cause the following fatal diseases:

• Mesothelioma
• Asbestosis
• Asbestos-related lung cancer

Mesothelioma in particular is attributed to asbestos. Unlike lung cancer, which can be caused by smoking or pollution, asbestos exposure is the primary known cause of mesothelioma. Further, research shows that a single exposure to asbestos may be all it takes to develop mesothelioma. This deadly form of cancer claims thousands of lives every year, and Charlotte’s Mecklenburg County shares in these losses every year as well.

Survival rates for pleural mesothelioma are dire, as fewer than 10% of patients survive past the five-year mark once diagnosed. Worse, mesothelioma is difficult to diagnose because it has a long latency period, meaning that exposure to asbestos decades ago can lead to a mesothelioma diagnosis in the present-day.

Known Asbestos Exposure in Charlotte

The CDC’s research and estimates of asbestos-related deaths in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County reveal that the city has suffered more from asbestos than any other area in North Carolina. Indeed, an estimated 326 lives were lost to asbestos-related diseases from 1999 to 2013.

Known jobsites that exposed Charlotte workers to asbestos and, as such, may have contributed to these losses include:

• Arlington Cotton Mills
• Barnhardt Manufacturing Company
• Carolina Paper Board Corporation
• Charlotte Aircraft Corporation
• Charlotte Cotton Mills
• Charlotte Town Mall
• Davidson College
• Frito Lay, Inc.
• Hawthorne Medical Center
• Masonite Plant
• Sherwin Williams
• Siemens Corp.
• Swift Edible Oil Company
• University of North Carolina

These are just a few of the jobsites that exposed workers to asbestos in Charlotte, so do not delay in contacting a lawyer if you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma. Asbestos is the primary known cause of mesothelioma, so your diagnosis was almost assuredly caused by asbestos exposure.

If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease after a Charlotte asbestos exposure, talk to a Charlotte mesothelioma lawyer today.

Talk to a Charlotte Mesothelioma Lawyer

The Ledger Law Firm helps Charlotte mesothelioma victims pursue the legal compensation they are legally entitled to receive. This compensation helps victims and their families pay for treatments and compensate the family for the legal wrongdoing of all parties responsible for the exposure.

Contact us online to discuss your Charlotte mesothelioma lawsuit so we can help you receive the funds and justice to which you are legally entitled.