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You were a professional auto mechanic and you worked with asbestos containing brakes
your entire life. Now you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma. Hi. I'm Joe Williams. I'm
a mesothelioma trial attorney here in New York City and I can answer your questions.
And I can do that by talking to you about some clients that I've represented in the
past, one client in particular who was a former auto mechanic and changed thousands of brakes
in automobiles. And in his deposition he testified about the work that he did. And he talked
about using both OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) brake linings, which are brake linings manufactured
by the same company who made the car. And he also used after market brake lines, which
are manufactured by companies who didn't manufacture the car they just manufacture brake linings.
And what he would do, this former client of mine, he would take off the four wheels of
the car after the car was put on a lift. He would remove the brakes. He would blow out
the drum with an air compressor causing a lot of dust in the air. He would then take
the new metal shoe with the attached brake lining out of the box and install it into
the video, wheel by wheel. And this process of removing the old brake, blowing out the
drum, handling the asbestos containing brake lining (the new one) and installing it into
the video exposed him to asbestos dust. He did this work every day and he did it for
many decades and was exposed to asbestos dust thousands of times from working on asbestos
containing brake linings in automobiles. Now if you're an auto mechanic, you probably had
some very similar exposures. And I'm sure you have questions about mesothelioma and
how auto mechanics were exposed to asbestos. I'm Joe Williams and in our firm we handle
cases every day for mesothelioma victims and we can answer your questions. I invite you
to call our office at the number below and we'll answer your questions. Thank you.