Cathedral City Mesothelioma Lawyers
Cathedral City mesothelioma lawyers represent individuals and their families who were diagnosed with an asbestos-related illness, including asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma resulting from their exposure to asbestos, talc or talcum powder. We offer hope to families whose lives have been tragically and irreversibly affected by mesothelioma and other asbestos related diseases.
CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW
Cathedral City is a city in Riverside County, in the Coachella Valley in Southern California. The Coachella Valley consists of several desert cities including, Cathedral City, Palm Springs, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage. Cathedral City is 62.4 miles from Riverside, 116 miles from Los Angeles, and 126 miles from San Diego, CA.
For thousands of years the Cahuilla people lived in southern California, including in the Cathedral City area. The territory of the Cahuilla ranges from the area near the Salton Sea up into the San Bernardino Mountains and San Gorgonio Pass. Cahuilla Indians spoke Ivilyuat, which is a Uto-Aztecan language.
The Agua Caliente Reservation was established in 1876, but was not contiguous. The reservation land was composed of alternating sections (640 acres) of land laid out across the desert in a checkerboard pattern. The grid-like partitions resulted in a shared government role in Cathedral City. The Agua Caliente Reservation tribal council governs in parts of Cathedral City where the reservation jurisdiction intersects.
Cathedral City lies within the Northwestern end of the Coachella Valley. It lies between the San Bernardino Mountains to the north, the San Jacinto Mountains to the south, with the San Gorgonia Pass to the west. In 1852, United States Army Colonel Henry Washington was contracted by the government to survey Southern California, including the Coachella Valley. Colonel Washington found and named Cathedral Canyon because the rock formations in the Canyon resembled a Cathedral. Cathedral City took its name from the nearby Cathedral Canyon.
Before 1860, routes through the Coachella Valley to Arizona were ancient routes used by the Cahuilla Indians and other tribes. On January 12, 1862, gold was discovered in the Arroyo De La Teneja, on the eastern bank of the Colorado River, near La Paz, Arizona (now Ehrenberg).
William D. Bradshaw, a former Forty-Niner, sought a direct route to the newly discovered gold-fields. In 1862, William Bradshaw with the help of Cabazon, a Cahuilla Chief and a Maricopa Indian from Arizona mapped out a route (known as the Bradshaw Trail) that passed through what is now Cathedral City, to the gold fields in Arizona.
The Bradshaw Trail ran from San Bernardino through the San Gorgonio Pass and Coachella Valley, past the Salton Sink (now the Salton Sea), and east to the Colorado River, where Bradshaw’s Ferry was offered to carry travelers across the river. Bradshaw established Stagecoach stations every 15-30 miles along the trail.
Between 1862 and 1877, the Bradshaw Trail was the main stagecoach and wagon route between Southern California and the Gold Fields near La Paz, Arizona. The La Paz-Wikenburg Road linked the Bradshaw Trail to the Arizona territory and the mining regions. In 1870, the Bradshaw Trail ended and La Paz, became a ghost town. Remnants of the Bradshaw Trail in California still exist.
In 1925, land developers purchased the land in Cathedral City and plotted out lots. In about 1926, a well was dug and a storage tank with delivery lines was added in the new town. Individual lots in Cathedral City were offered for sale on January 1, 1927. In 1928, land developers built the first post office which utilized the town’s new name, Cathedral City.
In the 1930s through the 1980s, Cathedral City was known for flamboyant nightclubs. In the 1930s, Al Wertheimer, a reputed mobster and member of the Purple Gang, owned the Dunes nightclub in Cathedral City and the legendary Clover Club on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. Both clubs were known for their extravagant décor, celebrity clientele and illicit gambling.
In 1981, Cathedral City incorporated.
At the time of incorporation Cathedral City’s population was 14,700 but in 2022, the population grew to 52,494.
PREVALENCE OF CATHEDRAL CITY MESOTHELIOMA LAWSUITS
The mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood work throughout California and will come to your home in Cathedral City 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 Cathedral City mesothelioma lawsuits involve exposure to asbestos that occurred in the city or in the surrounding area. Cathedral City mesothelioma lawsuits have been brought based on asbestos exposure that occurred at many nearby worksites around the city, including:
- Agricultural Operations-Agricultural Workers
- Auto Body Shops
- Automotive, Trucking and Farming Equipment Repair Operations-Various Mechanics
- Certainteed Plant, Riverside -Manufacturing Plant
- Commercial Construction
- Dodge Dealership Service Department, Riverside-Automotive Repair
- Kaiser Steel Mill, Fontana—Steel Mills
- Manufacturing Plant-Industrial Sites
- Residential Construction
- School Construction
- Southern California Edison (High Grove Power House)-Power Plant
- Southern California Edison, (multiple locations)-Power Plant
- Water Pipe Installations
Cathedral City 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 Cathedral City 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
- Navy ships
- oil refineries
- power plants
- shipyards
The Cathedral City 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 Cathedral City and inadvertently brought the asbestos dust home on their work clothes.
Asbestos exposed workers in Cathedral City mesothelioma lawsuits have received treatment at hospitals and medical centers within Riverside County, and throughout California. These Riverside County mesothelioma treatment facilities include:
- Kaiser Permanente – Corona, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside, Hemet, Wildomar
- University of California Health Care: UC San Diego – Murrieta
- Veterans Affairs Clinic – Blythe
- Veterans Affairs Community Clinic – Corona, Murrieta, Palm Desert
EXPERIENCE OF CATHEDRAL CITY MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
The Cathedral City mesothelioma lawyers of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have brought hundreds of successful mesothelioma cases on behalf of workers injured throughout California, including Riverside County and Cathedral City.
Cathedral City mesothelioma lawsuits are handled in the Riverside County civil court system. Plaintiffs in Riverside 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 Cathedral City, in Riverside County and throughout California.
For nearly five decades, the Cathedral City 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 Cathedral City.
CONTACT THE CATHEDRAL CITY MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
If you or a family member have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, contact us now to speak with one of our partners. The Cathedral City 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 Cathedral City. 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.