San Marcos Mesothelioma Lawyers
San Marcos 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.
SAN MARCOS, CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW
San Marcos, California is a city located in the foothills of Northern San Diego County. According to the 2022, United States Census Bureau, San Marcos’s estimated population is 94,854. Although inland, San Marcos is 6 miles from the Pacific Ocean. San Marcos is 35 miles from San Diego, 98.6 miles from Los Angeles, and about 51 miles from the United States-Mexican border.
San Marcos and San Diego County are the ancestral home of the Kumeyaay people that generally encompass the Diegueno, Tapai and Ipai tribes. Other tribes that made their home in the area, include the Cupeno, the Luiseño, and Cahuilla Indians. In 1798, the Catholic Church established San Luis Rey de Francia, the 18th mission in California, It was the largest and richest mission in California, with cattle and abundant crops of corn, grapes, beans and wheat. After 1821, when Mexico gained its independence from Spain, San Luis Rey de Francia was divided into five separate land grants: Aqua Hedionda, Buena Vista, Encinitas, Guajome and Los Vallecitos de San Marcos.
San Marcos was created on part of the Rancho Vallecitos de San Marcos land grant. The name San Marcos translated from the Spanish means “St. Mark.” In 1887, The San Marcos Land Company purchased a large part of the original San Marcos land grant and apportioned the land into lots for future homeowners. In 1887, the Santa Fe Railroad laid tracts a mile from the center of San Marcos’ town. San Marcos’ economy in the 1800s was agricultural, and in the 1900s its economy expanded to dairy and poultry farms.
San Marco’s has a total area of 24.4 square miles. In 1956, San Marcos flourished when the town secured water from the Colorado River. San Marcos was incorporated as a city in 1963. Its neighbors are the city of Escondido, Encinitas, Carlsbad and Vista.
San Marcos is home to Palomar College and California State University San Marcos. In 1989, the State of California decided to build a new University in San Marcos which expanded the population and economic development in the area. Today, San Marcos is an ethnic and culturally diverse city. The city has many festivals including the Carnival of Cultures, an international carnival representing a variety of ethnic groups, and offering international and traditional cuisine, as well as arts and crafts.
PREVALENCE OF SAN MARCOS MESOTHELIOMA LAWSUITS
The mesothelioma lawyers at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood work throughout California and will come to your home in San Marcos 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 San Marcos mesothelioma lawsuits involve exposure to asbestos that occurred in the city or in the surrounding area. San Marcos 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 – Various
- Automotive, Trucking and Farm Equip. Repair Operations – Mechanics
- Naval Air Station-Countywide
- San Diego Gas & Electric-Construction-Countywide
- Shipyards- Ship Builders/ Repair Workers-Countywide
San Marcos 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 San Marcos 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 San Marcos 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 San Marcos and inadvertently brought the asbestos dust home on their work clothes.
Asbestos exposed workers in San Marcos mesothelioma lawsuits have received treatment at hospitals and medical centers within San Diego County, and throughout Southern California. These San Diego County mesothelioma treatment facilities include:
- Kaiser Permanente – Carlsbad, El Cajon, Escondido, La Mesa, Escondido, San Diego (Bonita), San Marcos, Vista
- Sutter Health/Surgery Division – Carlsbad, San Diego (La Jolla), Chula Vista
- University of California Health Care: UC San Diego – Moores Cancer Center – San Diego (La Jolla), Chula Vista, Vista
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Clinic – San Diego
- Veterans Affairs Clinic – Chula Vista, Escondido, Oceanside, San Diego
EXPERIENCE OF SAN MARCOS MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
The San Marcos mesothelioma lawyers of Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood have brought hundreds of successful mesothelioma cases on behalf of workers injured throughout California, including San Diego County and in the city of San Marcos.
San Marcos mesothelioma lawsuits are handled in the San Diego County civil court system. Plaintiffs in San Diego 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 San Marcos, in San Diego County and throughout California.
For nearly five decades, the San Marcos 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 San Marcos.
CONTACT THE SAN MARCOS MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS
If you or a family member have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, contact us now to speak with one of our partners. The San Marcos 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 San Marcos. 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.