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In Massachusetts, you have only three years from the date of your diagnosis of mesothelioma or the death of your loved one. Our experienced mesothelioma lawyers can help you build your claim and pursue maximum compensation against the parties responsible for your exposure to asbestos.
Boston Massachusetts Mesothelioma Treatment Options
Boston residents may choose the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center for care. World-renowned physicians provide a variety of treatment options, including radiation oncology, surgical oncology, hematology oncology, targeted therapies and chemotherapy. The physicians provide clinical expertise, cutting-edge research and the latest medical technologies. Eligible patients can participate in the clinical trials at the Mass General Cancer Center.
Veterans can seek treatment from the VA Boston Healthcare System.
Boston Asbestos Site Exposure List
There are hundreds of jobsites in Boston, Massachusetts where people could have been exposed to asbestos. Some of the more prominent shipyards, factories, power plants and other jobsites linked to possible asbestos exposure include the following:
- American Sugar Refining Company
- Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation
- Boston & Albany Railroad
- Boston & Maine Railroad Company
- Boston and Northern St. Railway Company
- Boston Consolidated Gas Company
- Boston Electric Light Company
- Boston Naval Shipyard
- Boston Plumbing & Building Supply
- Boston University
- Brayton Point Power Plant
- Charlestown Navy Yard
- Chelsea Naval Shipyard
- Cochrane Chemical Company
- I. Du Pont De Nemours
- East Boston Shipyard
- Edison Light & Power Station
- General Electric
- General Motors Corporation
- Hingham Shipyard
- Hinman Asbestos
- Logan International Airport
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Navy Fuel and Oil Depot
- New England Insulation Company
- Ottawa Railway Light and Power Company
- Oxford Paper Company
- Simplex Electrical Company
- Thompson Houston International Electric Company
- S. Coast Guard
Boston Mesothelioma and Asbestos Lawsuits
Boston has seen some significant verdicts in asbestos litigation, including a 2018 jury award of $43.1 million in a case against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and others after the plaintiff’s husband and father developed lung cancer and later dyed. The man had worked as a brake mechanic from 1959 to 1984 when he was exposed to asbestos while at the same time smoking menthol cigarettes.
In 2017, another Boston jury returned a $6.8 million verdict against New England Insulation after a former Massachusetts insulator was exposed to asbestos, developed mesothelioma and died. Another 2017 verdict was returned was made against the same company when a power plant worker who had been diagnosed with mesothelioma received a $7.55 million.
In a 2014 case, a Boston jury returned a $9.3 million verdict for the family of a man who worked as a construction supervisor to workers who used an asbestos-containing spray insulation product. The man developed mesothelioma and died from the condition.
