The Advocate Is Urging the Family of a Navy Veteran with Lung Cancer Who Also Had Navy Asbestos Exposure to Call Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste-The Veteran's Compensation May Exceed $100,000

    WASHINGTON, DC, October 27, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate is urging the family of a Navy Veteran with recently diagnosed mesothelioma to please call attorney Erik Karst of the law firm of Karst von Oiste at 800-714-0303 for specifics about financial compensation if while in the navy they had significant exposure to asbestos on a navy ship, submarine or at a shipyard. Financial compensation for a person like this might exceed $100,000 or more.

For a career Navy NCO or Officer who had heavy to extreme exposure to asbestos in the navy-and who now has lung cancer the compensation might be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars as attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste is always happy to discuss. www.karstvonoiste.com/

The Advocate says, "Almost every Navy Veteran with lung cancer we talk to- who had substantial exposure to asbestos on a navy ship, submarine or at a shipyard where their ship or boat was undergoing repairs is almost always stunned to learn the $30 billion dollar-asbestos trust funds were set up for them too.

"If your husband or dad is a US Navy Veteran 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 heavy exposure to asbestos. Time to get identified might be limited-so it is important to call. Attorney Erik Karst is one of the nation's leading asbestos exposure compensation attorneys." www.karstvonoiste.com/

High-risk workplaces for asbestos exposure include the US Navy, shipyards, power plants, public utilities, manufacturing factories, chemical plants, oil refineries, mines, smelters, pulp and paper mills, aerospace manufacturing facilities, offshore oil rigs, demolition construction work sites, railroads, automotive manufacturing facilities, or auto brake shops. With lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure the lung cancer may not show up until decades after the exposure. https://USNavyLungCancer.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.

However, a US Navy Veteran or person with mesothelioma or asbestos exposure lung cancer could live in any state including New York, Florida, California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Washington, Oregon or Alaska. 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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