tonybologna
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Tennessee
On a side note to this previous thread of mine: https://forum.freeadvice.com/medical-health-care-malpractice-72/medical-malpractice-wrongful-death-lawsuit-480889-p4.html
It looks like we're gonna get some compensation after all. Our dad was drawing a check about every 4-6 months before his death for asbestos related problems. This was due to his job for over 33 years. It was never stated that the cancer was directly related to this asbestos but he went to Illinois for testing of the asbestos a couple years before death.
From that testing he started getting a check for this problem. I think he had drawn about 4-5 of these checks up until his death.
Well, we were contacted by phone last week by his attorney for this matter. We had only received postage & email communication in the past. We(my dad really) have won a class action lawsuit against the John Manville trust fund. We have several more pending in the coming weeks & months.
This isn't really compensation to us because we lost our dad but he always stated to us that if we can prove his asbestos would have any part in his future death to pursue it.
The attorney told us that we will win quite a bit more money before it's all over. All of these involve class action lawsuits & we receive a percentage(7.5% on this particular one) for each case won. He couldn't give us an estimated figure in the end because so many are still pending but his words were you could be receiving a lot of money before it's all said & done.
That's a small compensation in contrast to our dad no longer being with us. He could've used this money while here on Earth. Well, we can look at it now from what he told us & that's to pursue it & let us have the money from it even though we don't really need it like some families might.
Anybody with any experience as to how long all this plays out? We have several "pending" so anybody with any experience on this matter then please let me know. This wasn't discussed any further with the attorney on the phone. BTW, this attorney is based in Knoxville but we live about 90 miles away. We had communicated via postage mail & email contact only up until the recent phonecall. Thanks guys!
On a side note to this previous thread of mine: https://forum.freeadvice.com/medical-health-care-malpractice-72/medical-malpractice-wrongful-death-lawsuit-480889-p4.html
It looks like we're gonna get some compensation after all. Our dad was drawing a check about every 4-6 months before his death for asbestos related problems. This was due to his job for over 33 years. It was never stated that the cancer was directly related to this asbestos but he went to Illinois for testing of the asbestos a couple years before death.
From that testing he started getting a check for this problem. I think he had drawn about 4-5 of these checks up until his death.
Well, we were contacted by phone last week by his attorney for this matter. We had only received postage & email communication in the past. We(my dad really) have won a class action lawsuit against the John Manville trust fund. We have several more pending in the coming weeks & months.
This isn't really compensation to us because we lost our dad but he always stated to us that if we can prove his asbestos would have any part in his future death to pursue it.
The attorney told us that we will win quite a bit more money before it's all over. All of these involve class action lawsuits & we receive a percentage(7.5% on this particular one) for each case won. He couldn't give us an estimated figure in the end because so many are still pending but his words were you could be receiving a lot of money before it's all said & done.
That's a small compensation in contrast to our dad no longer being with us. He could've used this money while here on Earth. Well, we can look at it now from what he told us & that's to pursue it & let us have the money from it even though we don't really need it like some families might.
Anybody with any experience as to how long all this plays out? We have several "pending" so anybody with any experience on this matter then please let me know. This wasn't discussed any further with the attorney on the phone. BTW, this attorney is based in Knoxville but we live about 90 miles away. We had communicated via postage mail & email contact only up until the recent phonecall. Thanks guys!