Kentucky US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Appeals to a Navy Veteran with Lung Cancer to Call Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste if He Had Navy Asbestos Exposure-Get Compensated

    LOUISVILLE, KY, September 17, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Kentucky US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate is appealing to a Navy Veteran with recently diagnosed lung cancer in Kentucky to please call attorney Erik Karst of the law firm of Karst von Oiste at 800-714-0303 if while in the navy the Veteran had heavy to extreme exposure to asbestos. Financial compensation for a person like this might be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars depending on the specifics of how, where and when they were exposed to asbestos on a navy ship, submarine or at a shipyard where their ship or submarine was undergoing repairs or an overhaul as attorney Erik Karst is always happy to discuss. www.karstvonoiste.com/

The Advocate says, "If your husband or dad served in the US Navy prior to 1982 and he has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer please call attorney Erik Karst of the law firm of Karst von Oiste at 800-714-0303 if while in the navy he had significant exposure to asbestos. As we mentioned, compensation for a person like this might exceed $100,000 and the claim does not involve suing the navy. In addition, it does not matter if the person smoked cigarettes. What does matter is the Navy Veteran can recall the specifics of their asbestos exposure as attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste is always happy to discuss." www.karstvonoiste.com/

The Kentucky US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate's free services are available to people with asbestos exposure lung cancer or mesothelioma in Lexington, Meads, Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Owensboro, Covington or anywhere in Kentucky. https://Kentucky.USNavyLungCancer.Com

The US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, "If your husband, dad, coworker or neighbor has just been diagnosed with lung cancer and you know they had significant exposure to asbestos in the navy, at a shipyard or while working at a factory, at power plant, public utility, or as a plumber, electrician welder, mechanic or any kind of skilled trades group in any state please have them call us anytime at 800-714-0303. Most people like this never get compensated-even though the asbestos trust funds were set up for them too. We are trying to change this sad fact." https://USNavyLungCancer.Com

High-risk work groups for exposure to asbestos in Kentucky include Veterans of the US Navy, civilian workers at Fort Campbell, workers at one of Kentucky's two dozen+ power plants, public utility workers, factory workers, plumbers, electricians, coal miners, auto mechanics, machinists, and construction workers. Typically, the exposure to asbestos occurred in the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, or 1980's. www.karstvonoiste.com/

According to the American Cancer Society for nonsmokers who have been exposed to asbestos in their workplace the risk of lung cancer is five times that of unexposed workers. https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/statistics/index.htm.

States with the highest incidence of lung cancer include Kentucky, West Virginia, Maine, Tennessee, Mississippi, Ohio, Indiana, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Alabama, and Delaware. www.karstvonoiste.com/

For more information about asbestos exposure please visit the NIH's website on this topic: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/ asbestos/asbestos-fact-sheet.

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