DAVIS, CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW
Davis, is a city in Yolo County, California. Davis is located in the Sacramento River Valley in Northern California. The 2022, U.S. Census estimates Davis’s population as 67,048 residents. Davis is 15.3 miles from Sacramento, 25 miles from Travis, 43.8 miles from Vallejo, 46 miles from Mare Island Naval Shipyard and 73 miles from San Francisco.
The Indigenous residents of the land that is now Davis were the Southern Patwin Indians, members of the Wintun Tribe. The Patwin Tribe lived in the area for thousands of years. They were hunter gathers and ate acorns, pine nuts, blackberries, juniper berries, Indian potatoes, sweet potatoes, game and fish. The Patwins traded with their neighbors the Wappo, Pomo and Lake Miwok tribes.
The indigenous population was estimated at 200,000 before the Spaniards arrived. The native population was decimated by European diseases, slavery, armed conflict and forced evacuation to reservations or ranchos. By 1870, the Patwin population declined to 12,000. Today the Wintun Native Americans are members of three recognized tribes.
Davis started in the 1850’s, as an agricultural and cattle ranch town. In1868, the California Railroad bought 7000 acres from settlers Jerome and Mary Davis. The railroad started service on August 24, 1868, from Vallejo to the Davis junction. The town grew around the depot. By 1870, Davis was platted, businesses started, a schoolhouse and church was built and there was a population boon. The town was originally named Davisville but was changed to Davis around 1907. On March 28, 1917, Davis incorporated as a city in California.
In 1906, the town was transformed into a college town when it was chosen as the new site for the University State Farm which was under the control of the University of California, Berkeley, College of Agriculture. Construction of the University State Farm began in 1907, and the school was opened in 1908. In 1959, the University State Farm became the University of California, Davis.
Ultimately, U. C. Davis expanded with the General University for academic disciplines (1959), College of Engineering (1962), School of Law (1964), School of Medicine (1968), and U.C. Davis Medical Center (1973). U. C. Davis is now the largest University of California campus with 5,300 acres.
For over 50 years bicycling has been a major mode of transportation in Davis. In 1966, a small group of faculty advocated for bike lanes on city streets, and bike paths were developed on the Davis campus. Also, in the 1960s, Davis required bike paths in new developments. Davis has become known as the Bicycle Capital of the United States. It won the League of American Bicyclist – Platinum Award.
Davis construction builders have pioneered energy efficient buildings. Beginning in 1957, Davis required mandatory energy conservation standards for all new construction. Davis has won awards and national recognition for innovated energy conservation.
PREVALENCE OF DAVIS MESOTHELIOMA LAWSUITS
The mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood work throughout California and will come to your home in Davis 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 Davis mesothelioma lawsuits involve exposure to asbestos that occurred in the city or in the surrounding area. Davis 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
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard
- Residential Construction-County Wide
- Railroad-Countywide
- School Construction-County Wide
- Travis Air Force Base-Military Base
- Water Pipe Installations
Davis 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 Davis 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 Davis 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 Davis and inadvertently brought the asbestos dust home on their work clothes.
Asbestos exposed workers in Davis 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, Vacaville, 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 DAVIS MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
The Davis 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 Davis.
Davis 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 Davis, in Yolo County and throughout California.
For nearly five decades, the Davis 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 Davis.
CONTACT THE DAVIS MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
If you or a family member have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, contact us now to speak with one of our partners. The Davis 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 Davis. 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.