The city of Las Vegas was erected during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The construction trades used asbestos throughout construction of the entire hotel and casino complexes. Asbestos came in the form of fireproofing spray, duct insulation, boilers, drywall cement, and many other materials. Caesars, Hilton, Golden Nugget, Stardust, and MGM Grand were among the Las Vegas hotels that used asbestos-containing products at certain points in their history.
Insulators, electricians, carpenters, and many other building and construction tradesmen came into contact with asbestos products during hotel construction. Whether they were using products containing asbestos, or were simply in the vicinity of others using them, exposures increased the risk Las Vegas hotel construction workers would later develop lung cancer, mesothelioma, or another asbestos-related disease.It is not just those involved in initial construction, however, that have to worry about asbestos exposure. Hotels in Las Vegas are regularly remodeled, gutted, and razed. As sin city reinvents itself for tourists, construction workers rip out insulation, cut away old drywall, and pull out old boilers. Without proper precautions and preventative measures, many of these old and crumbling materials release asbestos into the air. Thin and lightweight, asbestos dust can remain suspended in the air an exceptionally long time and is easily inhaled or ingested.
Many Las Vegas hotel construction workers were not aware that the products they've handled have asbestos. When diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease, often workers are at a loss to say where exactly their asbestos exposure may have occurred. Clients regularly know who and where they worked, but often don't remember the names of products, or never knew the name because it was a material already in place that they were required to rip out. This is when an experienced Nevada mesothelioma attorney is crucial to protecting your rights and those of your family.
Our asbestos attorneys already have a huge knowledge base of evidence from which to pull information and know how to efficiently and effectively collect other information necessary to aggressively pursue your lawsuit. Everything from the original hotel building plans, to construction receipts showing the purchase of asbestos products, to testimony from others at the hotel work site, can help your asbestos lawsuit and our attorneys know this. Having much of this information at our disposal from decades of experience helping others means our Nevada asbestos lawyers are already a step ahead.
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