Many of our clients who have been diagnosed with asbestosis, a noncancerous scarring of the lungs, ask, “If I get cancer can I pursue another claim?”. The short answer is “Yes, if the cancer is asbestos-related.” In 2003, the Supreme Court of the United States, in Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers, held that

As early as the 1930s, many major industrial organizations were aware that exposure to asbestos could cause cancer. Despite this knowledge, these industries hid the truth and continued exposing their workers to these products for decades. However, by the latter part of the 20th Century, things began to change as the evils associated with asbestos