Look down any street in New York City, or
throughout the state of New York, and you will see the types of people that the law
firm of Belluck and Fox represent on a daily basis.
The people we represent are ordinary average people. Theyre not fancy bankers. Theyre
not ceos of corporations. We dont represent corporations.
We dont
do class action lawsuits. Every case that we handle is brought on by
an individual, or that individuals family. Thought they have successfully prosecuted
cases involving many types of serious injuries, the firms primary focus is on mesothelioma,
providing individualized legal representation for victims of asbestos related diseases like
mesothelioma, throughout the entire state of New York.
We have attorneys in New York City, we have attorneys in Albany, Rochester, Messina. We
have attorneys throughout the state.
We represent workers, families of workers,
who have been exposed to asbestos, and mesothelioma and lung cancer; diseases such as asbestosis,
which are scarring of the lungs caused by asbestos exposure.
The experts say most people who have an asbestos related disease were unknowingly and unfairly
exposed to the disease decades earlier. Theres a real story here of corporate wrongdoing.
The knowledge of asbestos goes back to 1920. The companies continued to sell these products
well into the 80s, and in some cases, theyre still selling them today.
When you take a look at this list of everyday products that have contained asbestos over
the years its easy to see why so many people have fallen gravely ill because of where they
worked, they served in the navy, or they used certain products in their homes.
In New York City, we have a lot of power plants that power the city, and those were central
locations where asbestos was used. Asbestos was used, mainly as a building material, and
as an insulating material, in factories and power plants.
There were many, many, many,
thousands of people employed in the ship yards, building the ships, insulating the ships,
who were exposed to asbestos and still reside in this area. They did work in construction,
they did other work around the house, they laid floor tile, they worked in a factory,
where there was asbestos in the factory. Roughly three thousand new cases of mesothelioma
are diagnosed every year. But Belluck and Fox carefully chooses to handle a small number
of cases so that they can provide a more personalized approach to each client.
We only have about 40 or 50 clients at a time and we focus on individuals who have mesothelioma,
so we give a very very high level of service to our clients.
We try to open up a window into the life of the families.
And the only way to do that
is to get to know them. You cant do that officially, you cant do that on paper,
talking to the family, their spouse, their children and really appreciate, for instance,
the damage that this caused. The damage caused by asbestos related diseases
are devastating, and usually fatal within a year of diagnosis. That leaves the victim
and the victims family very little time to seek justice.
If youre alive at the time that we file the lawsuit, the cases are given special treatment.
So we get the case on a docket which is rapid, which guarantees the case gets to a trial
within nine months to a year, and thats somewhat unique to New York.
Thats partially why, if its necessary, the attorneys at Belluck and Fox will make
house calls, to ease the burden on those suffering the most.
Many of our clients are sick, so one of the things we can do to ease the burden on them
is by visiting them in their homes.
Its one less trip they have to make. One of the
things we do when we visit is we inspect the home, we look around. We get dirty; we crawl
through the basement, the garages. A lot of times the client is surprised when I ask them
if I can go down to their basement and look at their furnace.
Well take the cover off
of the furnace and see if theres any asbestos contained in insulation inside the furnace
that was there. We identify companies that contributed to our clients exposure through
that process. The care and commitment that the attorneys
at Belluck and Fox have doesnt stop at making those house calls. They even find their
clients doctors to meet their specific needs.
I think its one of the most valuable things
we do for our clients. It helps them get to the best doctors. Were not doing it because
it helps their lawsuit, the lawsuits gonna be the same, but this is your best chance
for survival. Belluck and Fox works on a contingency basis,
meaning clients only have to pay them if they win their case.
The firm has literally recovered
hundreds of millions of dollars for its mesothelioma clients, and thats something that can provide
a long lasting sense of relief for the victim and their families.
There is something about the human spirit that people hang on until they know that things
are taken care of and many of our clients hang on until they hear from us that the settlements
are in place. We try to make sure that they enjoy the time that they have left and have
the peace of mind that theyre going to be able to take care of their families if
theyre not here..
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