Knowledge of Asbestos Hazards
Many people are shocked to learn that asbestos companies possessed information concerning the hazards of asbestos at least as far back as the 1920's.

» By that time, numerous articles had appeared in the published medical literature which described various lung conditions which were attributable to asbestos exposure.

» By the 1930's, companies in the asbestos industry began to conduct their own studies to determine the seriousness of the threat that their products were injuring workers.

» Documents uncovered by lawyers representing victims of asbestos disease, including documents first discovered by lawyers from our firm, make it clear that by the 1930's, certain members of the asbestos industry were well aware that asbestos was a major health hazard.

» Indeed, our documents demonstrate that it was in the 1930's that certain asbestos companies first began to conspire to conceal their knowledge of the dangers of asbestos, while continuing to expose hundreds of thousands of American workers to its deadly effects.

» Knowledge concerning the health effects of asbestos can be tracked along two separate lines -- information contained in the published medical literature, and information contained in industry documents discovered in the course of the asbestos litigation.