An asbestos-related lawsuit has recently been filed in the Galveston County District Court of Texas claiming that a man’s lung cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos-containing materials while working for a number of defendant corporations.

In the lawsuit Robert Earl Wood’s states that Willie E. Woods was employed in the construction industry, the refining industry, and the petrochemical industry for approximately twenty years and that it was during this time that Willie was exposed to the dangerous toxin.

Asbestos was used in a number of materials in various industries throughout the early to mid-twentieth century. It wasn’t until congress formed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that the government began to regulate the use of the dangerous substance. Many individuals who worked during that time are now finding themselves developing one of the many asbestos-related diseases caused by exposure.

Asbestos-caused diseases include but are not limited to mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer. The latency period for such diseases tends to last for twenty to fifty years which makes it very difficult to find effective treatment options for those diagnosed.

Robert Earl Woods claims that the companies that Willie E. Woods worked for failed to properly protect him from the dangers of asbestos.

Woods’s estate is asking for significant restitution for pain, suffering, disfigurement , and impairment.

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