Lung cancer is a disease that can be caused by occupational exposures to cancer-causing chemicals. Allen Stewart, P.C. is a law firm dedicated to representing individuals who have cancer caused by occupational and environmental chemical exposures. Workers in many occupations are exposed to cancer causing chemicals, and those exposures often occur without the worker ever knowing that they were working with or around cancer- causing materials. Allen Stewart, P.C. represents lung cancer victims exposed to cancer-causing chemicals in the workplace. Occupations at high risk for lung cancer from chemical exposures include construction trades, boilermakers, shipyard workers, railroad workers, U.S. Navy veterans and U.S. Coast Guard veterans. Even if a lung cancer victim smoked cigarettes, that person may still be entitled to receive compensation if workplace chemicals contributed to cause their lung cancer.

What specific kinds of occupations
are exposed to lung cancer causing chemicals?

Occupations in which workers are often exposed to chemicals that can cause lung cancer include: acoustical workers, air and heat technicians, aluminum workers, asbestos miners, asbestos workers, assemblers, auto mechanics, blacksmiths, boiler tenders, boilermakers, brakemen, brick layers, burners, carmen, carpenters, casters, cement workers, chemical operators, clerical workers, clerks, conductors, construction workers, crane operators, custodians, die casters, dock workers, drywall sheet rockers, electricians, engine mechanics, engine room operators, engineers, factory workers, finishers, firemen, fitters, fork lift operators, foundry workers, furnace workers, glazers, grinders, heavy equipment operators, HVAC installers, inspectors, installers, instrument technicians, insulators, iron workers, laboratory workers, laborers, laggers, lathers, layout men, lean men, line men, longshoremen, machinists, maintenance laborers, maintenance mechanics, marine oilers, masons, mates, material handlers, merchant marines, merchant seamen, millwrights, operators, packers, painters, pipe coverers, pipeline workers, pipefitters, plasterers, plumbers, pot room workers, power plant workers,  railroad workers, refinery workers, refractory workers, repairmen, riggers, roofers, roughnecks, rubber workers, sailors, sandblasters, seamen, security guards, sheet metal workers, ship fitters, shipwrights, shipyard workers, steamfitters, steel workers, switchmen, textile millworkers, tile installers, truck drivers, utility workers, warehouse workers, welders, and wipers.

How long does it take to develop
an occupational lung cancer?

Most cancers caused by environmental or occupational exposures do not develop for many years following exposure.  If you worked in one or more of the jobs listed above in the early 1980s or before, you may be eligible for compensation.

What should a lung cancer victim previously
employed in any of the above professions do?

If you or your loved one has lung cancer and was employed in any of the jobs  listed above, please fill out the contact information form on this page and a lawyer from our firm will contact you within 48 hours of receiving your information. You may be entitled to receive compensation for your lung cancer injury. Our initial consultation with you is free, and we only recover attorney’s fees and expenses if we are successful in obtaining a financial recovery for you.

Experience

Allen M. Stewart has represented hundreds of toxic exposure victims for more than 14 years, and he is one of the most successful and experienced toxic tort plaintiffs’ trial attorneys in the United States.  Allen has been named among the top 45 lawyers under the age of 45 by American Lawyer magazine (January 20, 2003), and he was also named to the National Law Journal’s list of “40 Under 40 – Most Successful Litigators in America” (July 29, 2002).   

Steve Baughman Jensen has represented victims of a wide variety of toxic exposures for 14 years, including cases involving such substances as asbestos, trichloroethylene (TCE), lead, radiation, beryllium, benzene, mercury, arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), and dioxins.  In 2006, he received the “Trial Lawyer of the Year” award from national public interest law firm Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, for his work on behalf of a group of Arizona residents exposed to TCE in their drinking water.

James D. Piel, Scott R. Frieling, and Stephanie N. Brooks have collectively represented victims of exposure to dioxins, chromium, benzene, asbestos, PCBs, ethylene dichloride (“EDC”), and other toxic substances for more than 20 years. Jim has been named a “Texas Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly magazine for 2004 through 2006. Scott and Stephanie were both named to the same magazine’s list of “Rising Stars” for 2005 and 2006. 

Nationwide Personal Service

Because we are a small law firm, we pride ourselves on providing prompt, attentive, personal service to individual clients throughout the United States.  If we accept your case, our five-lawyer team will personally litigate your claims, rather than referring the case to other lawyers to do the legal work.  We commit to provide prompt, individual attention tailored to your specific needs, questions, and circumstances.   We start that commitment by responding to any potential lung cancer client who contacts us within 24 hours.

Our lawyers have represented victims of toxic exposure from coast-to-coast, including in cases filed in Texas, Louisiana, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, New York, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Maine, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Delaware, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arizona, Alabama, and West Virginia.