Workers Compensation Disease Claims
Our firm is one of the most well-known in the state for handling occupational disease claims.
Occupational disease claims are different than occupational injury claims that occur when a worker accidentally falls, trips, slips, or has unexpected accident on the job site. With occupational disease claims, workers develop diseases related to single or repeated exposures to dangerous substances or work circumstances. Most commonly our firm handles complex workers’ compensation disease claims resulting from exposures to dangerous substances, such as:
- exposure to asbestos associated with the development of respiratory distress, asbestosis, lung cancer, or mesothelioma
(Please see Practice Area entitled “Asbestosis and Mesothelioma” for more information regarding asbestos-related diseases) - exposure to silica associated with the development of silicosis
- exposure to benzene associated with the development of certain types of blood cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma
- exposure to coal tar pitch associated with the development of lung, skin (non-melanoma), bladder, and kidney cancers
- exposure to mold associated with the development of respiratory diseases, such as asthma, and hypersensitivity
- exposure to carbon monoxide associated with the development of Parkinson’s and other neurological diseases
- exposure to other dangerous chemicals, solvents, poisons, dusts, and substances associated with the development of diseases, conditions, and cancers, including lung, blood, bladder, kidney, or skin.
Besides exposure-related disease, our firm also handles disease claims such as
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- cubital tunnel syndrome
- tenosynovitis
- epicondylitis
- synovitis
- bursitis
- welder’s diseases, and
- many other diseases which are a result of specific jobs, job tasks, or industries that increase your risk, greater than that of the general public, for the development of repetitive diseases and conditions.
Please note that our firm is currently very interested in repetitive disease claims of carpal tunnel syndrome associated with jobs in the manufacturing and processing food factories. Please see section below “What jobs or industries increase your risk of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?”
Please do not hesitate to contact our firm if you think you may have been exposed to asbestos, dusts, chemicals, solvents, substances, poisons, or other particles and have developed cancer and/or occupational diseases as a result, or if you have developed a repetitive disease related to your job tasks. Our office will immediately provide you with a workers’ compensation specialist who will be able to answer your questions, and provide answers on whether you may or may not be entitled to compensation.