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A person's been diagnosed with mesothelioma. What do we do to try and develop the information
and the evidence as how they were exposed to asbestos? Hi. I'm Joe Williams. I'm a mesothelioma
trial attorney in New York City. And I can tell you that one of the main things we try
to do when our clients are really too ill to testify or are just suffering through their
diagnosis is that we contact their co-workers. And what's important to know about this is
that when workers work an industry, they work side by side sometimes for 30, 40 years with
friends who almost become family members. And we contact those folks and talk to them
about the exposures our client had. These co-workers can provide tremendous information
about the types of exposures, the manner of exposure and how it happened, where it happened.
And often times the co-worker isn't ill, hasn't contracted mesothelioma as of yet and they
are able to recount the stories and the history of how the work was done and what was done
and where it was done. These co-workers can be deposed, they can be produced at a deposition
and they can talk about all the ways that our client was exposed to asbestos dust from
various products and at various locations. And importantly, one co-worker can lead to
more co-workers. The pursuit of co-workers and finding witnesses to the exposure of asbestos
is a very important part of a thorough workup of a mesothelioma case. Now I'm sure you have
many more questions as to how we work up a mesothelioma case and we can answer your questions.
I encourage you to call my office at the number below. I'm Joe Williams. We'd be happy to
answer your questions for you. Thank you.