All About Mesothelioma Legal Options

[MUSIC PLAYING] You file a mesothelioma lawsuit or claim, first and foremost, by contacting a mesothelioma specialist attorney. I think a lot of people might be tempted to do this kind of thing on their own. Certainly, it’s possible to do it on your own. It’s just very, very complex and time consuming. And people would be leaving a lot of money on the table if they try to do it by themselves. Contact the specialists. What they’re going to do is they’re going to ask you about how you were exposed. They’re going to try to get into your work history. What kind of products did you work around, what kind of professions were you in, what kind of work sites were you at. They’re going to take all of that information, determine how you were probably exposed to asbestos, and then they’re going to proceed with the claim. And a claim can be done in two ways from a legal standpoint. First, you can go through a trust fund, which are fund set up by bankrupt companies to try to compensate victims of asbestos exposure. And then secondly, there’s traditional lawsuits, where you go to court, sometimes you take a deposition. And you do it the traditional way, which is what people see on TV if you look at law and order, those types of things. Most times, when it comes to asbestos lawsuits, the traditional types, they’re just settled. You’re not actually going to court. But the best way to do it is clearly by contacting an attorney. [MUSIC PLAYING]

Statular limitations is very important, particularly in a mesothelioma case or any kind of case like a mesothelioma case. I encourage people to act as quickly as possible. And part of the reason is you might live in a state with a one year statute limitation. I mean, on the national average, two years, is the average, but that doesn’t even matter because if you live in a one year state, then you only have one year.