Barstow Mesothelioma Lawyers
Barstow mesothelioma lawyers represent individuals and their families who live in the city of Barstow or were exposed to asbestos within the city. We offer hope to families whose lives have been tragically and irreversibly affected by mesothelioma and other asbestos related diseases.
BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW
Barstow is located in San Bernadino County, 90 miles from Los Angeles in Southern California,. Over 24,000 people make their home in Barstow. Located at the edge of the Mojave desert, along the Mojave River, Barstow began as a mining town and from its beginning has served as a regional transportation hub, for wagon trains, the railroad and the automobile. Barstow’s Main Street includes part of the route of the original iconic Route 66. Today, Barstow remains a transportation hub for the region, located at the junction of Interstate 15, Interstate 40 and State Highway 58.
Barstow is a gateway to the 1.6 million acre Mojave National Preserve and is close to the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad Yards, the Fort Irwin Military Reservation, Marine Corps Logistics Base and NASA’s Goldstone Deep Space Network.
Following the discovery of gold and silver in the Owens Valley, and in the nearby Calico mountains, miners began arriving in the area that is now Barstow. The Southern Pacific built a line from Mojave, California through Barstow that later became part of the Santa Fe Railroad. Barstow was named after William Barstow Strong, former president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The Western America Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Barstow, California. The role of the railroads is highlighted in Barstow’s Western America Railroad museum, which collects, preserves and exhibits the history of railroading in the Pacific Southwest
By 1883, it was borax that shaped the region’s economy. Mined as colemanite (calcium borate), borax was used as a preservative, as a medicine, and as a flux in enameling that allowed metals to melt at a lower temperature. It is estimated that over 9 million dollars worth of borax was taken from the Calico Hills. Barstow was a busy rail center and with the advent of Route 66, became a transit hub for the auto as well. Both Routes 66 and 91 passed through Barstow. The Route 66 Mother Road Museum is located in the town, and contains photographs and artifacts of the iconic road. Today, Barstow is at the junction of Interstate 15, Interstate 40 and State Highway 58.
The establishment of the Mojave Anti-Aircraft Range in the 1940’s helped contribute to Barstow’s growth. Now known as the Fort Irwin National Training Center, it is a major training center for the United States military, located 37 miles northeast of Barstow, in the Calico Mountains of San Bernardino County. In 1958 the Goldstone Tracking Station was established in the Mojave, near Barstow. The complex, now called the Gladstone Deep Space Communications Complex, is used to communicate with spacecraft and satellites. Operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the location was selected because the remote desert location was far from from power lines and free of interference from commercial transmitters.
PREVALENCE OF BARSTOW MESOTHELIOMA LAWSUITS
The mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood work throughout California and will come to your home in Barstow to discuss your work history, and to guide you through the mesothelioma lawsuit process. Occupational exposure to asbestos may have taken place many years in the past, and generally, it is necessary to take a detailed work history to determine exposure. Plaintiffs in San Bernadino County mesothelioma lawsuits are often entitled to preference on the court’s trial calendars, allowing their cases to proceed quickly to trial and resolution.
Many Barstow mesothelioma lawsuits involve exposure to asbestos that occurred in the city or in the surrounding San Bernadino County. Barstow mesothelioma lawsuits have been brought based on asbestos exposure that occurred at many nearby worksites around the city, including:
- Auto Body Shops
- Commercial construction
- Residential construction
- School construction
- Water pipe installations
Barstow mesothelioma cases may involve industrial and construction exposure to asbestos by many different kinds of workers, in a variety of industrial jobs, trades, and occupations, including:
- 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
- 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 Barstow 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
- laboratories
- lumber yards
- manufacturing plants
- military facilities
- Navy ships
- oil refineries
- shipyards
The Barstow 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 Barstow and inadvertently brought the asbestos dust home on their work clothes. Individuals exposed to asbestos may experience many health complications including :
- Mesothelioma
- Asbestosis
- Pleural Effusions
- Pleural Thickening
- Pleural Plaques
- Lung or other cancers
- both
Asbestos exposed workers in Barstow mesothelioma lawsuits have received treatment at hospitals and medical centers within San Bernadino County, and throughout Southern California. The Kazan mesothelioma law firm works closely with medical experts experienced in treating asbestos related diseases. These San Bernadino County mesothelioma treatment facilities include:
- Kaiser Permanente –Chino, Colton, Fontana, Hesperia, Joshua Tree, Montclair, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, San Bernardino, Upland, Victorville, Yucca Valley
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center – Loma Linda
- Veterans Affairs Clinic – Chico, Redlands
- Veterans Affairs Community Clinic – Victorville, Rancho Cucamonga
EXPERIENCE OF BARSTOW MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
The Barstow mesothelioma lawyers of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have brought hundreds of successful mesothelioma cases on behalf of workers injured throughout California, including San Bernadino County and in the city of Barstow.
The offices of the mesothelioma law firm of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood are located in the beautiful Jack London Square neighborhood of Oakland, California. The Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood mesothelioma lawyers are able to file mesothelioma lawsuits in San Bernadino county, in Barstow and throughout California.
Over the last four decades, the Barstow 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 Barstow.
CONTACT THE BARSTOW MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
If you or a family member have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, contact us now to speak with one of our partners. The Barstow 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 Barstow. 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 are available 24/7.