Ceres Mesothelioma

Ceres Mesothelioma Lawyers

Ceres 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.

CERES, CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW

Ceres is a city located in Stanislaus County, California. It is located in the central region of the San Joaquin Valley and its northern border is the Tuolumne River. According to the 2022 Census Data, Ceres has 49,279 residents. Ceres was founded in the late 1800s, but not incorporated as a city until February 25, 1918.

The Yokuts people occupied the land in the central San Joaquin Valley, including up into the foothills. The Yokuts are sometimes divided into the Southern Valley Yokuts, the Northern Valley Yokuts, and the Foothill Yokuts. There are 40 or 50 tribes identified as Yokuts. The Yokuts had large villages, and their diet consisted of seeds, acorns, small game and fish from the San Joaquin Valley.

The California Gold Rush forced the native populations off of their lands. Numerous miners settled in the valley and eventually transformed the land and waterways of the valley. Some Yokuts worked on farms and ranches or were relocated to reservations. Also, many Native American people were decimated by disease and armed conflict with the settlers and military.

Ceres was named for the Roman goddess of agriculture. Daniel C. Whitmore, who lived from 1816 to 1893, is credited with founding Ceres. The first township map was filed on Feb. 20, 1875, and generically named the streets in the new town as, First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Streets. North Street was north of town. John Service and Cassius Warner are also recognized as early founders of Ceres. In 1870, Daniel Whitmore built the first house in Ceres. The Whitmore home has been preserved and is located at 2928 Fifth Street in Ceres.

In the 1850s, dry farming, a wheat farming technique was utilized in the Ceres area. At that time. wheat was the prominent crop grown in the Ceres area. After a severe drought in the 1880s, the Modesto and Turlock Irrigation District (TID) was formed in 1887, to bring a reliable irrigation system to the land situated between the Tuolumne, Merced and San Joaquin rivers. The project was successful and the crops in Ceres expanded to figs, olives, peaches, pears, apricots, berries, grapes, beans, melons and wheat. Ceres became one of the Central Valley’s most diverse agricultural area.

Ceres, a small agricultural town in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, is home to many farms and orchards. Ceres has eleven parks for public use and a welcoming downtown area full of shops and restaurants. Ceres is 79 miles from Sacramento and 95 miles from the San Francisco Bay Area. Ceres has a diverse population with 61 percent Hispanic/Latino, 24 percent non-Hispanic white and 7 percent Asian. Ceres is also, known for its many festivals and events, including the Ceres Street Faire, Concert in the Park, Halloween Fun Festival and the Ceres Flea Market.

PREVALENCE OF CERES MESOTHELIOMA LAWSUITS

The mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood work throughout California and will come to your home in Ceres 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 Ceres mesothelioma lawsuits involve exposure to asbestos that occurred in the city or in the surrounding area. Ceres mesothelioma lawsuits have been brought based on asbestos exposure that occurred at many nearby worksites around the city, including:

Auto Body Shops
Barium Products, Ltd., Modesto-Manufacturing Plant
Commercial Construction
California Zonolite,
Del Monte Cannery, Modesto-Construction Site
Hunt-Wessen Food Cannery, Oakdale-Food Processing
Gallo Winery, Modesto-Food Processing
Kaiser Gypsum
Residential Construction
School Construction
S&W Fine Foods
Stanislaus County Water District, Countywide – Construction Sites
Tillie Lewis Foods, Inc

Ceres mesothelioma cases may involve industrial, residential and construction exposure to asbestos by many 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 Ceres 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 Ceres 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 Ceres and inadvertently brought the asbestos dust home on their work clothes.

Asbestos exposed workers in Ceres mesothelioma lawsuits have received treatment at hospitals and medical centers within Stanislaus County, and throughout California. These mesothelioma treatment facilities include:

Kaiser Permanente Hospital and Medical Center – Modesto
Stanford Medicine Cancer Center, Turlock
Sutter Health: Memorial Medical Center – Modesto
Sutter Gould Medical Foundation – Modesto
Sutter Care at Home – Ceres, Modesto, Patterson, Turlock
University of California Health Care: UCSF – Modesto
Veterans Affairs Clinic – Modesto

EXPERIENCE OF CERES MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS

The Ceres mesothelioma lawyers of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have brought hundreds of successful mesothelioma cases on behalf of workers injured throughout California, including Stanislaus County and in the city of Ceres.

Ceres mesothelioma lawsuits can be filed in the civil court system at the Stanislaus County Courthouse. Plaintiffs in mesothelioma lawsuits are often entitled to preference on the court’s trial calendars because mesothelioma lawsuits are designated complex litigation, which allows 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 can file mesothelioma lawsuits in Ceres, in Stanislaus County, and throughout California.

For nearly five decades, the Ceres 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 Ceres.

CONTACT THE CERES MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS

If you or a family member have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, contact us now to speak with one of our partners. The Ceres 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 Ceres. We can be reached around the clock. 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.