Rohnert Park Mesothelioma Lawyers
Rohnert Park 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.
ROHNERT PARK, CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW
Rohnert Park, is a city in Northern California in Sonoma County. The 2023, U.S. Census estimates Rohnert Park’s population was 44,546 residents. Rohnert Park is about 48 miles from San Francisco, 37 miles from Vallejo, 34 miles from Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 56 miles from Travis Air Force Base and 52 miles from Oakland, California
The Coastal Miwok people were the indigenous people in the area now known as Rohnert Park. The Coastal Miwoks lived in Marin and Sonoma counties. The Coastal Miwoks were part of the greater Miwok Nation who inhabited central California and the mid-Sierras as far southeast as the Yosemite Valley. There was a Coastal Miwok Village called Kota’ti near Rohnert Park. Apparently, the Coastal Miwok chief had the same name.
Mission San Rafael was built in 1817, and Mission Sonoma was built in 1823, with Indian labor. Both missions used the Natives to grow and harvest crops, and manage the livestock. Hundreds of Native Americans, including the Coastal Miwok people were decimated by European disease, and armed conflict with the military, the miners and the settlers. Others were forced onto reservations.
Rohnert Park sits on part of a 17,238.60 acre Mexican land grant awarded by Mexican Governor Micheltorena to Captain Juan Castaneda in July 1844, which was named Rancho Cotate (not Cotati). Rancho Cotate was part of the Vallejo Township. Captain Castaneda never developed the ranch or fulfilled the legal conditions to maintain the land grant, therefore Rancho Cotate passed to Thomas Larkin and then to Joseph Ruckle. Dr. Thomas S. Page bought Rancho Cotate from Joesph Ruckle. It is important to note, that Rancho Cotate was so large that today it encompasses the cities of Penngrove, Cotati and Rohnert Park.
The 1849, California Gold Rush brought thousands of people from around the world to California, including to Sonoma County. In 1858, Rancho Cotate’s 17,238.60 acre land grant was patented to Dr. Thomas Page. In the late 1890s, the Page family subdivided their ranch into parcels and sold some of the land to new settlers, squatters, and ex-49er miners.
In 1929, Waldo Emerson Rohnert purchased a ranch in the area and built two ditches to handle the seasonal flooding. His son, Fred Rohnert took over the successful ranch and established Rohnert Seed Farm, a seed growing business. Rohnert Seed Farm became a major success for the county. The town of Rohnert Park was named after the Rohnert family.
Up until 1950, Rohnert Park’s economy was primarily agricultural. After World War II and with the completion of the new US Route 101 in 1957, Rohnert Park expanded exponentially. Like most of California, many workers and Veterans needed housing in the area.
In the mid-1950s, the town of Rohnert Park was developed as a planned city and each neighborhood was designed around a park and an elementary school. In addition, there was an area dedicated for commercial and industrial development to support the new community. On August 29, 1962, Rohnert Park was incorporated as a new city in Sonoma County. Rohnert Park is the third largest city in Sonoma County.
Rohnert Park has a small reservoir called Roberts Lake at the north end of the city. It also has five creeks within the city’s borders, including Laguna de Santa Rosa, Copeland Creek, Hinebaugh Creek, Crane Creek and Five Creek. Rohnert Park is only one of two cities in California that operates a Department of Public Safety that controls its Fire and Police Department.
Today Rohnert Park is a family oriented community offering locals and visitors many outdoor activities, a variety of restaurants and specialty farm goods. It offers easy access to the San Francisco Bay Area and lies in the middle of Sonoma County’s wine Country.
PREVALENCE OF ROHNERT PARK MESOTHELIOMA LAWSUITS
The mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood work throughout California and will come to your home in Rohnert Park 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 Rohnert Park mesothelioma lawsuits involve exposure to asbestos that occurred in the city or in the surrounding area. Rohnert Park mesothelioma lawsuits have been brought based on asbestos exposure that occurred at many nearby worksites around the city, including:
- Agricultural Operations-County Wide
- Auto Body Shops-Automotive Repair
- Automotive, Trucks and Farm Equipment Repair Operations-County Wide
- Commercial Construction-County
- Kmart Auto Center, Santa Rosa – Automotive Repair
- Pacific Gas & Electric Power Plant, Geyers – Power Plant
- Residential Construction-County Wide
- Sears Auto Center, Santa Rosa – Automotive Repair
- Slakey Brothers, Santa Rosa – Asbestos Products Wholesaler
- Sonoma County Water District, various cities – Construction sites
- Sonoma State Hospital, Glen Ellen – Construction Sites
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park – Construction Sites
- School Construction-County Wide
- Shipyards
- Water Pipe Installations
Rohnert Park 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 Rohnert Park 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 Rohnert Park 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 Rohnert Park and inadvertently brought the asbestos dust home on their work clothes.
Asbestos exposed workers in Rohnert Park mesothelioma lawsuits have received treatment at hospitals and medical centers within Sonoma County, and throughout California. These Sonoma County mesothelioma treatment facilities include:
- Kaiser Permanente- Petaluma
- Petaluma Valley Hospital
- Providence (formerly St. Joseph Health)
- Rohnert Park Cancer Center
- Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
EXPERIENCE OF ROHNERT PARK MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
The Rohnert Park mesothelioma lawyers of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have brought hundreds of successful mesothelioma cases on behalf of workers injured throughout California, including in Sonoma County and in the city of Rohnert Park.
Rohnert Park mesothelioma lawsuits are handled in the Sonoma County civil court system. Sonoma County mesothelioma lawsuits are designated complex litigation. Plaintiffs in Sonoma 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 Rohnert Park, in Sonoma County and throughout California.
For nearly five decades, the Rohnert Park 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 Rohnert Park.
CONTACT THE ROHNERT PARK MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
If you or a family member have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, contact us now to speak with one of our partners. The Rohnert Park 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 Rohnert Park. 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.