Crescent City Mesothelioma Lawyers
Crescent City mesothelioma lawyers represent individuals and their families who live in Crescent City 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.
CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW
Crescent City, located 20 miles south of the Oregon border, is the only incorporated city in Del Norte County. Crescent City is also the largest city and the county seat of Del Norte County, with a population of 7,643. The population includes inmates at the notorious Pelican Bay State Prison, a 275 acre super-max facility housing violent offenders. Over 40 % of Pelican State’s inmates are serving life sentences.
The indigenous Tolowa and Yurok Indians originally made their home in Del Norte County and the historical society in Crescent City contains a collection of their beautiful basketry and other artifacts. The museum also contains photographs of early pioneer settlements, forestry and mining operations, with thousands more archived in the research room.
The enduring man-made symbols of Del Norte County are the Battery Point Lighthouse and the St. George Reef Lighthouse. Battery Point (also known as the Crescent City Light Station) has been an active lighthouse for over 160 years.
St. George Reef Lighthouse was completed in 1890 to guide mariners around the treacherous “Dragon rocks”, following the tragic wreck of the Brother Jonathan steamer. Over 200 lives were lost in what is still considered one of the worse maritime disasters on the Pacific Coast.
The offshore topography of Crescent City makes it particularly susceptible to tsunami waves. Crescent City has experienced 34 tsunamis, more than any other community on the Pacific Coast. On March 1, 1964 much of the city was destroyed by a series of tsunami waves generated by a 9.2-magnitude earthquake near Anchorage, Alaska. The 21 foot wall of water killed 12 people and caused an estimated $15 million in damage to Crescent City. In the years since the disaster, Crescent City has become the only city in California currently designated “Tsunami Ready” by the National Weather Service. There is a siren-based tsunami warning that is regularly tested. There are tsunami evacuation routes and maps throughout the city.
The Inner Boat Basin at the Crescent City Harbor District suffered $10 million in damage in a 2006 tsunami. It was destroyed by the 2011 tsunami, triggered by an 8.9 earthquake in Japan, thousands of miles away. A wave measuring over 8 feet, took out 35 boats, piers, and docks. The harbor was considered a total loss.
The harbor was completely rebuilt by 2014, as the first tsunami-resistant marina on the West Coast. The new pilings are driven up to 37 feet into bedrock under the harbor. There is also a state of the art 400-foot tsunami attenuator dock, designed to withstand a 12 to 15-foot wave, with closely spaced piles meant to disrupt tsunami flow patterns within the harbor.
PREVALENCE OF CRESCENT CITY MESOTHELIOMA LAWSUITS
The mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood work throughout California and will come to your home in Crescent City 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 it is often necessary to take a detailed work history to determine exposure. Crescent City mesothelioma lawsuits are handled in the Del Norte County civil court system.
Many Crescent City mesothelioma lawsuits involve exposure to asbestos that occurred in the city or the surrounding county. Crescent City mesothelioma lawsuits have been brought based on asbestos exposure that occurred at many specific worksites around the county, including:
- Del Norte County Water District Crescent City Construction site
- Simpson Logging Co Klamath Lumber mill
Crescent City mesothelioma cases can involve industrial and construction exposure to asbestos by many different kinds of workers, in all 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 Crescent 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
- laboratories
- lumber yards
- manufacturing plants
- military facilities
- Navy ships
- oil refineries
- shipyards
The Crescent 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 Crescent City and inadvertently brought the asbestos dust home on their work clothes.
Asbestos exposed workers in Crescent City mesothelioma lawsuits have received treatment at hospitals and medical centers within Del Norte County, and throughout Northern California. These Del Norte County mesothelioma treatment facilities include:
- Sutter Health
- Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City
EXPERIENCE OF CRESCENT CITY MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
The Crescent City mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have brought hundreds of successful mesothelioma cases on behalf of workers injured throughout California, including Del Norte County and in Crescent City.
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 Crescent City, in Del Norte County and throughout Northern California.
Over the last four decades, the Crescent City mesothelioma law firm of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have recovered over $4 billion dollars injury verdicts and settlements in mesothelioma cases arising throughout California, including in Del Norte County.
CONTACT THE CRESCENT CITY MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, contact us now to speak with one of our partners. The Crescent 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 Crescent 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 are available 24/7.