If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma or an asbestos-related disease in the San Pedro community or Los Angeles County, The Ledger Law Firm is here to provide you with dedicated and proven legal counsel.

Our nationally recognized law firm is led by Emery Ledger, a mesothelioma attorney whose firm has helped victims recover significant compensation that helps families receive justice and needed care after being diagnosed with this deadly disease.

In Los Angeles County alone, nearly 4,000 residents passed away from asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma between 1999 and 2013. These findings from the CDC reveal that the county has lost more lives to asbestos than any other county in California, which itself has lost more lives from mesothelioma than any other state in the nation.

Dire statistics like these demand an answer to the question of why exposure to asbestos is so harmful in the first place, especially since the mineral’s use was prevalent throughout the 20th century.

Asbestos Is Made of Tiny Fibers That Are Easily Swallowed or Inhaled

Before asbestos use was made illegal a few decades ago, the mineral was used for nearly every commercial building project, and a wide number of residential homes.

Unfortunately, asbestos is easily swallowed or inhaled when asbestos-containing materials age or are disturbed in a way that releases the mineral’s microscopic fibers into the air. Drilling asbestos-containing materials is one frequent way to cause such an airborne release of fibers.

Once these fibers are swallowed or inhaled by individuals who are exposed to the fibers, asbestos within the body begins to transform healthy cells. Research reveals that asbestos can stay in the human body for life after it enters, which helps explain why asbestos exposure from decades ago can lead to a current mesothelioma diagnosis.

In addition to mesothelioma, exposure to asbestos also has been known to cause asbestosis and asbestos-related lung cancer. All three of these diseases claim thousands of lives across the country every year.

Workers in occupational industries and military veterans are most at-risk for being diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease. This is especially true for workers and veterans whose work history occurred before the asbestos ban that took effect in the 1970s.

If you have reason to suspect that you or a loved one was exposed to the harms of asbestos at a San Pedro jobsite or anywhere else in Los Angeles County, talk to a mesothelioma lawyer at The Ledger Law Firm.

Talk to a Ledger Law San Pedro Mesothelioma Lawyer

Ledger Law has earned its track record as a trusted mesothelioma law firm that helps California mesothelioma victims pursue legal compensation when responsible parties caused a disease by exposing victims to the dangers of asbestos.

We will fully investigate the facts surrounding your illness to determine whether legal compensation is owed to you and your loved ones. Contact us online today to discuss how we can represent you and help you receive the funds that are desperately needed after a San Pedro mesothelioma diagnosis.