What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Tennessee
Just a inquiry************** My father worked as a Printing Pressman since the late 1950's until he retired in the late 1980's. During his employment he had had some health issues; such as melanomas (which skins/moles were removed), then he had bladder problems (large bladder stones), to finally he developed Lymphoma and very quickly passed. All along I thought that the exposure to the ink/chemicals was causing his falling health and my mother said it was just age (he was in his early 50's). His death was sudden and very hard to deal with. He was diagnosed one day and a week later we were burying him. The cancer specialist was astonished to how fast the cancer took over his body and said something had to had progressed this since they had never seen such a cancer goes through ones body so quickly. Obviously, he had to have had it for sometime unknowingly. He died in 1993 and I urged my mother to pursue the cause to his cancer but she simply thought it was age (he was 56). For years now I have wondered but respected my mother wishes to rule it out as "age". Now 17 years later my mother tells me "your fathers death was caused by his exposure to the chemicals" and for years she denied this wanting to believe that it was by natural causes. I guess in her mind easier to cope with. So now I have done some research and found that, indeed, chemical/ink exposure has caused cancer in pressman workers and the specific type of ink/chemicals used were noted for causing lymphoma. Do we have any recourse 17 years later or has this hit statue of limitations?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Just a inquiry************** My father worked as a Printing Pressman since the late 1950's until he retired in the late 1980's. During his employment he had had some health issues; such as melanomas (which skins/moles were removed), then he had bladder problems (large bladder stones), to finally he developed Lymphoma and very quickly passed. All along I thought that the exposure to the ink/chemicals was causing his falling health and my mother said it was just age (he was in his early 50's). His death was sudden and very hard to deal with. He was diagnosed one day and a week later we were burying him. The cancer specialist was astonished to how fast the cancer took over his body and said something had to had progressed this since they had never seen such a cancer goes through ones body so quickly. Obviously, he had to have had it for sometime unknowingly. He died in 1993 and I urged my mother to pursue the cause to his cancer but she simply thought it was age (he was 56). For years now I have wondered but respected my mother wishes to rule it out as "age". Now 17 years later my mother tells me "your fathers death was caused by his exposure to the chemicals" and for years she denied this wanting to believe that it was by natural causes. I guess in her mind easier to cope with. So now I have done some research and found that, indeed, chemical/ink exposure has caused cancer in pressman workers and the specific type of ink/chemicals used were noted for causing lymphoma. Do we have any recourse 17 years later or has this hit statue of limitations?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?