“Mesothelioma is a signature tumor caused by prior asbestos exposure. It is referred to as a latent disease.  You could have been exposed to asbestos and developed mesothelioma 50 years later.  Usually, mesothelioma can first develop from 15 up to 50 years after you were initially exposed to asbestos.  It is not unusual for someone to be exposed to asbestos and enjoy excellent health until they develop mesothelioma 30 to 50 years later. If you have questions about who was affected by asbestos exposure at Durez Plastics, or think you or a loved one was injured due to asbestos exposure at that facility, contact us today to arrange a free consultation with our dedicated mesothelioma attorneys.”

“The problem at Durez affects, first and foremost, the men that worked there. Of whom, there have been approximately 80 to 90 cases of mesothelioma.”

“There have been more than a handful of men who worked there during the summers who were typically students looking for work during the summer vacation who have developed mesothelioma. Their exposures cumulatively were as brief as two or three months in their lifetime.”

“There are those people that had family members who worked at the plant, and the children would sometimes get summer jobs and also live in the neighborhood.”

“Then there are people that had no connection to the neighborhood except for the fact that they worked at Niagara Cutter or National Grinding Wheel, two businesses that were within 100 yards or so of the plant.”

“There was a Little League field to the north and to the east of the plant called Ramsay Field. We’ve had at least one instance of a client whose lung pathology did involve thickening of the lining of the lung attributable to asbestos exposure. He got this, we believe, from playing Little League at Ramsey Field.”

“We routinely go through the history of exposure. If you have mesothelioma, and you didn’t live or work in the Durez neighborhood, and your only exposure was playing Little League in the late 50s into the 70s, that would be almost certainly why you were suffering from mesothelioma.”

The attorneys at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford have been representing workers and their families with mesothelioma for over thirty-five years. We have a full team of lawyers devoted to representing people exposed to asbestos with mesothelioma.

If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, please contact us today and we will schedule an appointment to come to your home and meet with you and your family to explain your legal rights.

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Since 1995, the attorneys at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC have been helping clients in Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, NY, who have been injured due to asbestos exposure. Through our tireless efforts, we have helped to shape and reform asbestos laws throughout the state of New York. We have a full team of lawyers devoted to representing people exposed to asbestos.

If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer, please contact us today and we will schedule an appointment to come to your home and meet with you and your family to explain your legal rights.