WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW
West Sacramento, is a city located in Yolo County, California, alongside the Sacramento River. The 2022, U.S. Census estimates West Sacramento’s population as 55,064 residents. West Sacramento is about 4 miles from Sacramento, 36.9 miles from Travis Air Force Base, 57 miles from Mare Island Naval Shipyard and 84 miles from San Francisco.
The Sacramento area is the Tribal land of the Nisenan people. The Indigenous residents of the land near and around West Sacramento were the Patwin, Wintun and Wintu people. The Nisenan people lived in the Sacramento area for thousands of years before the Europeans arrived. They were hunter gathers and ate acorns, pine nuts, blackberries, juniper berries, Indian potatoes, sweet potatoes, game and fish.
The Nisenan population was decimated by European diseases, slavery, armed conflict and forced evacuation to reservations or ranchos. Today the Wilton Rancheria is the only federally recognized tribe in Sacramento County.
West Sacramento sits on a part of a Mexican land grant awarded to Jan Lows de Swart (also known as John Schwartz), by Mexico’s Governor Manuel Micheltorena in 1844. John Schwartz named his land grant Rancho Nueva Flandria after the Flanders region in Belgium, his previous home. In 1844, before the Gold Rush, John Schwartz and his brother established a Salmon fishing business, raised livestock and grew potatoes and melons on Rancho Nueva Flandria. In 1846, John Schwartz sold 600 acres of Rancho Nueva Flandria to James McDowell and his wife Mary.
In 1848, the Gold Rush pandemonium in California brought numerous new residents and prospectors to the area. In 1849, after her husband died, Mary McDowell mapped out 160 acres of her property and sold lots, establishing an area she named the Town of Washington. The West Sacramento area grew exponentially with hotels, saloons, and shops. In 1859, The California Steam Navigation Company was founded in the area which successfully transported people and goods throughout California.
West Sacramento in Yolo County is separated from the city of Sacramento and Sacramento County by the Sacramento River. West Sacramento lies on the west side of the Sacramento River and consisted of at least three unincorporated communities that settled as towns in the 1800s. In the 1900s, the three unincorporated communities were known as Bryte, Broderick (formerly The Town of Washington), and West Sacramento. These communities united and incorporated as the new city of West Sacramento in 1987.
In 1963, the Port of Sacramento inaugurated a deep water port for commercial businesses in West Sacramento. In 2008, the Port of Sacramento changed its name to the Port of West Sacramento. The Port of West Sacramento has supported agricultural, raw materials and construction businesses throughout Northern California. West Sacramento is a leader in the area in the food industry.
Today, West Sacramento is a diverse riverfront urban community north of San Francisco. According to the recent census it consists of 42% White alone (Non-Hispanic), 33.7% Latino and 12.3% Asian. West Sacramento has well preserved open spaces and trails, as well as a variety of water sports including boating and fishing.
PREVALENCE OF WEST SACRAMENTO MESOTHELIOMA LAWSUITS
The mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood work throughout California and will come to your home in West Sacramento to discuss your work history, and to guide you through the mesothelioma lawsuit process. Exposure to asbestos, talc or talcum powder may have taken place many years in the past, and generally, it is necessary to take a detailed work history to determine exposure.
Many West Sacramento mesothelioma lawsuits involve exposure to asbestos that occurred in the city or in the surrounding area. West Sacramento mesothelioma lawsuits have been brought based on asbestos exposure that occurred at many nearby worksites around the city, including:
- Agricultural Operations-County Wide
- Automotive, Trucks and Farm Equipment Repair Operations-County Wide
- Commercial Construction-County Wide
- Food Processing Plants
- Mather Air Force Base
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard
- McClellan Air Force Base
- Residential Construction-County Wide
- Union Pacific Railroad-Railroads Countywide
- School Construction-County Wide
- Travis Air Force Base-Military Base
- Water Pipe Installations
West Sacramento mesothelioma cases may involve industrial, residential and construction exposure to asbestos by many different kinds of workers, in a variety of industrial jobs, trades, and occupations, including:
- Automotive
- Boilermakers
- Carpenters
- Construction Workers
- Custodians
- Drillers
- Drywallers
- Electricians
- Flooring Installers
- Foundry Workers
- Glaziers
- Home Repair
- HVAC Repair
- Insulators
- Iron Workers
- Laborers
- Lathers
- Machine Operators
- Machinists
- Marine Engineers
- Miners
- Molders
- Painters
- Paintmakers
- Pipe Installation
- Pipefitters
- Plasterers
- Plumbers
- Public Works Projects
- Repairman
- Riggers
- Roofers
- Seaman
- Sheetmetal Workers
- Steamfitters
- Superintendents/Foremen
- Tiremen
- Vehicle Repair
- Welders
The West Sacramento mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have brought successful asbestos exposure lawsuits arising from asbestos exposure at many types of worksites across California, including:
- aerospace
- airports
- automobile plants
- chemical plants
- construction sites
- electric companies
- factories
- food-processing plants
- foundries
- garages
- grocery retailers
- hospitals
- laboratories
- lumber yards
- manufacturing plants
- military facilities
- mines
- power plants
- Navy ships
- oil refineries
- shipyards
The West Sacramento mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have also brought successful “take home” mesothelioma lawsuits on behalf of spouses and family members of workers who were exposed to asbestos at their worksites in West Sacramento and inadvertently brought the asbestos dust home on their work clothes.
Asbestos exposed workers in West Sacramento mesothelioma lawsuits have received treatment at hospitals and medical centers within Yolo County, and throughout California. These Yolo County mesothelioma treatment facilities include:
- Kaiser Permanente- Fairfield, Roseville, Vacaville, Sacramento
- Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento
- Veterans Affairs Clinic- Sacramento
- University of California Health Care-UC Davis
- Sutter Surgery Division-Fairfield, Elk Grove, Sacramento
- Sutter Medical Foundation: Sacramento
- Sutter Medical Center-Sacramento
EXPERIENCE OF WEST SACRAMENTO MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
The West Sacramento mesothelioma lawyers of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have brought hundreds of successful mesothelioma cases on behalf of workers injured throughout California, including Yolo County and in the city of West Sacramento.
West Sacramento mesothelioma lawsuits are handled in the Yolo County civil court system. Yolo County mesothelioma lawsuits are designated complex litigation. Plaintiffs in Yolo County mesothelioma lawsuits are often entitled to preference on the court’s trial calendars, allowing their cases to proceed quickly to trial and resolution.
The offices of the mesothelioma law firm of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood are located in the Jack London Square neighborhood of Oakland, California. The Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood mesothelioma lawyers are able to file mesothelioma lawsuits in West Sacramento, in Yolo County and throughout California.
For nearly five decades, the West Sacramento mesothelioma law firm of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have recovered over $4 billion dollars in jury verdicts and settlements in mesothelioma cases arising throughout California, including in the city of West Sacramento.
CONTACT THE WEST SACRAMENTO MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
If you or a family member have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, contact us now to speak with one of our partners. The West Sacramento mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood will bring their decades of expertise and success to your claim for mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure in West Sacramento. To get a free consultation with one of our mesothelioma attorneys, please call 1-888-887-1238, fill out the form on this page or use our live chat widget. We can be reached around the clock.