https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFJQBMV83L0 Documenting an Asbestos Exposure Lawsuit Asbestos lawsuits typically require extensive documentation. These claims require a great deal of documentation, including medical records and interviews with family members. After exposure, most asbestos-related diseases can take between 10 and 40 years to be diagnosed. State laws, also known as statutes or limitations, allow victims and their families one to three years to file a suit following diagnosis or the discovery. Work History In a typical mesothelioma case the first step is for an attorney to review the work history of the victim. This includes understanding what type of work the victim did, where they worked and what asbestos-containing items they might have come in contact with. This also includes reviewing the victim's exposure history and determining whether they contracted asbestosis or a more serious illness like mesothelioma. Many asbestos victims were regularly exposed to asbestos for decades before the dangers of asbestos-based products became widely known. Even after medical evidence was discovered in the 1930s and 1940s linking asbestos to lung diseases, such as mesothelioma, many people continued to work with these materials. Asbestos companies knowingly put the lives of their employees at risk, while earning millions of dollars in profits. Asbestos victims deserve compensation for their losses. An expert mesothelioma lawyer can assist. The attorneys at our firm handle mesothelioma cases across the country. We can help you identify all potential defendants in your case. We can also assist you in filing claims using asbestos trust funds, which were established by bankrupt asbestos manufacturers to compensate mesothelioma sufferers. If we examine the work history of a mesothelioma victim, we can begin to identify the potential defendants in their case. This involves speaking to the victim, their friends and family members to build an inventory of employers, work