If your family is dealing with a mesothelioma diagnosis tied to work at a Michigan steel mill, auto plant, chemical operation, refinery, power station, shipyard, or military base, Michigan law gives you several ways to seek compensation. Many families pursue more than one: lawsuits against the companies that made and sold the asbestos products, claims against the asbestos bankruptcy trusts set up by manufacturers that went bankrupt, and benefits programs for veterans, federal civilian workers, and disabled workers.
Michigan generally gives you three years to file a personal-injury claim. Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count from the date of diagnosis. Michigan has no general discovery rule: the three years can start when the disease first harms the body, which can be before the diagnosis. If symptoms or an earlier X-ray, CT scan or screening showed asbestos disease, a Michigan court may count the three years from then, so call us right away. Families of workers who have already passed should call right away too: the family's wrongful-death claim depends on the worker's own deadline. Michigan also caps pain-and-suffering damages in claims against the product companies, with two exceptions that turn on findings about a particular company's conduct.
You do not need to know the name of the asbestos product before you call. Many Michigan cases start with one sentence: "Dad worked at Great Lakes Steel." We reconstruct the exposure history from there, using a Michigan worksite database we have built over more than a decade.
You don't need the product names or old records. No fee unless we recover compensation for your family.
Quick answers
| How long do we have to file? | Generally three years for the worker's personal-injury claim. To be safe, count from the date of diagnosis, or from earlier symptoms or test results that showed asbestos disease. If your loved one has already passed, the family's wrongful-death claim depends on the worker's own deadline, with limited extra time for the estate. Call as soon as you can. |
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| Does Michigan cap pain-and-suffering damages? | In claims against the product companies, yes: $596,400, or $1,065,000 where the defect caused death or the permanent loss of a vital bodily function (2026 figures, adjusted each year). A jury finding of gross negligence lifts the higher limit for that company, and a court finding that a company knew its product was defective and substantially likely to cause the disease, and willfully disregarded that knowledge, removes the cap for that company. |
| Does a claim always mean filing a lawsuit? | No. Many families recover meaningful compensation from asbestos bankruptcy trusts without ever filing a lawsuit. A lawsuit against still-solvent companies is a separate path. The two interact: in a Michigan lawsuit, trust claims must be disclosed before trial. |
| Who may be responsible? | The companies that made or sold the asbestos products — pipe insulation, refractory brick, gaskets, packing, friction products, joint compound — and, in limited cases, the owner of a site where an outside contractor's employee was exposed. Claims against a worker's own employer generally go through workers' compensation. |
| What compensation may be available? | Medical expenses, lost wages and lost earning capacity, pain and suffering (subject to the cap in claims against the product companies), and — if the worker has passed — funeral costs, lost financial support, and loss of companionship. |
| What evidence do we need? | Far less than most families think. A diagnosis, a basic work history, and names of employers or job sites are enough to start. We build the rest. |
| Can an adult child or spouse call? | Yes. Most of our first calls are from an adult child or a spouse. We can do everything by phone, email, and mail. You do not need to come to our office. |
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Was the exposure at a Michigan steel mill, auto plant, chemical operation, or military base?
Michigan's industrial heritage runs deep — integrated steel along the Detroit River, the auto industry, Dow Chemical at Midland, the Marathon refinery, Detroit Edison and Consumers Power generating stations, copper mining in the Upper Peninsula, and Navy shipbuilding at Bay City. The asbestos trusts' Michigan lists hold more than 4,000 entries across 386 communities, from 27 trusts. Dozens of our clients worked at Michigan job sites.
| Michigan worksite | City | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Steel (Great Lakes Works and Zug Island) | Ecorse | Integrated steel: blast furnaces, basic oxygen furnaces, and rolling mills, with heavy refractory, insulation, gasket, and packing work. Listed by at least 16 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
| Ford River Rouge complex | Dearborn | Ford's steel, foundry, stamping, and power operations dating to the 1920s. Listed by at least 12 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
| Dow Chemical Midland plant | Midland | Dow's flagship chemical plant. Listed by at least 12 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
| Wyandotte Chemicals (BASF Wyandotte) | Wyandotte | Downriver chemical manufacturing. Listed by at least 11 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
| General Motors Saginaw grey iron foundry (Chevrolet; Saginaw Metal Casting) | Saginaw | Foundry work with refractory exposure. Listed by at least 9 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
| McLouth Steel Trenton works | Trenton | Downriver steel mill supplying the auto industry. Listed by at least 9 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
| White Pine copper mine | White Pine | Upper Peninsula copper mine with its own mill, smelter, and power plant. Listed by at least 9 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
| Defoe Shipbuilding | Bay City | Privately run shipyard that built Navy vessels in World War II; closed in 1976. Listed by at least 8 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
| Detroit Edison Monroe plant | Monroe | Large coal-fired power plant on Lake Erie. Listed by at least 8 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
| Marathon Oil Detroit refinery | Detroit | Refinery process piping, insulation, and gasket exposure. Listed by at least 7 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
| General Motors Technical Center | Warren | GM's research and engineering campus. Listed by at least 6 trusts, including Johns-Manville. |
Search the asbestos trusts' Michigan lists
Not seeing the worksite? That does not mean your family has no claim. Many Michigan claims are built from product-handling reconstruction, coworker information, historical invoices, trust documents, and records from similar worksites in the same industry.
Your legal options after a Michigan mesothelioma diagnosis
Think in claim paths, not one lawsuit. Many Michigan families pursue more than one of the following. The order and timing are decided case by case.
Asbestos trust claims
Dozens of asbestos product manufacturers went bankrupt and were required to set aside money — tens of billions of dollars — to pay future asbestos victims through court-supervised trusts. Filing trust claims does not require a lawsuit. For many Michigan workers — especially those who spent careers at Great Lakes Steel, Ford's Rouge complex, Dow Chemical, or the auto plants — multiple trust claims may be available. If there is also a lawsuit, Michigan law requires the trust claims to be disclosed before trial, and the trust materials can be used in the lawsuit. Learn more about asbestos trust claims.
Product liability lawsuits
Lawsuits against the companies still in business that made, sold, or distributed asbestos products — pipe insulation, refractory brick, gaskets, packing, friction materials, joint compound, and similar products. In Michigan these claims are brought for negligence and breach of implied warranty; Michigan has not adopted strict liability in tort. Learn more about product liability lawsuits.
Premises liability lawsuits
Lawsuits against the owners of the mills, plants, refineries, power stations, and other industrial sites where the exposure occurred. Michigan limits these claims: a site owner is generally not liable to an outside contractor's employees unless it kept control over the work, and a worker cannot sue a site owner that was also the employer, because workers' compensation is the remedy against an employer. A 2023 Michigan Supreme Court decision held that the "open and obvious" nature of a hazard goes to breach and comparative fault, questions for the jury, rather than to whether the owner owed a duty at all. Learn more about premises liability lawsuits.
Workers' compensation, LHWCA, FECA, VA benefits, and Social Security
Michigan workers' compensation generally provides the only claim against a worker's own employer for an occupational disease, and it has its own deadlines: notice to the employer within 90 days and a claim within two years of when the worker knew, or should have known, that the disease is work related. Workers at private shipyards such as Defoe Shipbuilding in Bay City may have LHWCA benefits. Federal civilian employees at federal installations such as Selfridge and the Detroit Arsenal may have FECA claims. Veterans may have VA service-connected disability claims — the VA has no automatic presumption for asbestos diseases, but it treats in-service asbestos exposure as likely for many Navy ratings; a claim still needs a diagnosis and a doctor's opinion linking the disease to service. Social Security disability is available to claimants under full retirement age who can no longer work. These programs interact: some must be repaid from a recovery, and some offset each other. Learn more about disability and benefits claims.
"Can we choose not to sue?"
Yes. Some Michigan families pursue only trust claims and disability benefits, and never file a lawsuit. We respect that decision. A free case review is a conversation about your options — not a commitment to file anything. We will not pressure you into a court case you do not want.
Uncomfortable with the idea of a lawsuit? So was Clarence Borel. He spent 33 years as an insulator on the Gulf Coast and didn't believe in suing anyone — until he realized his coworkers would die the same way he was dying. His 1969 lawsuit helped establish the product-liability law that protects families today, and the cases that followed it eventually led to the bankruptcy trusts that pay claims now. Read his story.
How long do I have to file a Michigan mesothelioma claim?
Michigan generally gives you three years to file the worker's personal-injury claim. Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count from the date of diagnosis. Michigan has no general discovery rule: the three years can start when the disease first harms the body, which can be before the diagnosis. If symptoms or an earlier X-ray, CT scan or screening showed asbestos disease, a Michigan court may count the three years from then, so call us right away.
If your loved one has already passed, the wrongful-death claim depends on the worker's own claim: Michigan's statute allows it where the death was caused by conduct that "would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages." If the worker died before the three years ran out, or within 30 days after, the estate's personal representative has two years from appointment to file, but never more than three years after the worker's own deadline ran. The worker's own pain and suffering before death is claimed in that same wrongful-death case, on the same clock. Call right away.
Why time still matters. Witnesses move, retire, and pass away. Employers close and lose records. Product invoices and purchasing records get destroyed. The earlier we start, the more options we have to reconstruct your loved one's exposure history.
Call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.
Legal detail: Michigan filing deadlines
Personal injury. Three years: Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805(2) (injury to a person) and § 600.5805(12) (products liability action). For a product in use for at least 10 years, the plaintiff must prove a prima facie case without the benefit of any presumption (§ 600.5805(12)).
Accrual — no general discovery rule. The period runs from accrual, and a claim "accrues at the time the wrong upon which the claim is based was done regardless of the time when damage results" (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5827). In Trentadue v. Buckler Automatic Lawn Sprinkler Co., 479 Mich. 378, 738 N.W.2d 664 (2007), the Michigan Supreme Court held that courts may not use an extrastatutory discovery rule to delay accrual, and overruled the earlier discovery-rule cases. The wrong is done when the plaintiff is harmed, not when the defendant acted. In an asbestos lung-cancer case, the Court of Appeals held that a second cancer was later damage from a claim that accrued with the first, and left open whether the asbestos rule of Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 427 Mich. 301, 399 N.W.2d 1 (1986) (a cancer claim separate from earlier asbestosis, accruing when discoverable) survived Trentadue. Falk v. All Acquisition Corp., No. 296012 (Mich. Ct. App. Feb. 17, 2011) (unpublished), n.2.
Wrongful death. The Wrongful Death Act applies where the death was caused by a wrongful act that "would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages" (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2922(1)). Claims for injuries that result in death proceed only under the Act; a pending case may be amended to bring it under the Act, and failure to amend waives the claim for additional damages resulting from death (§ 600.2921).
Saving period for the estate. If the person dies before the limitations period has run or within 30 days after, the personal representative may file within two years after letters of authority are issued, even though the period has run, but not later than three years after the period ran (§ 600.5852(1), (4)).
Contractor repose. Claims against a contractor that made an improvement to real property, such as an insulation contractor, can be barred six years after the improvement was occupied, used, or accepted; for a defect caused by gross negligence, the claim must be brought within one year after discovery and no later than 10 years (§ 600.5839(1)).
Nonparty notice + add as defendant. Under § 600.2957(2), on a motion filed within 91 days after a nonparty at fault is identified, the plaintiff may add claims against it, which are not barred by limitations unless they would have been barred when the original action was filed.
Who can be sued in a Michigan asbestos case?
Michigan asbestos cases are typically built around several categories of defendants. Each is pursued under a different legal theory, and a single case often includes multiple categories.
Product manufacturers and suppliers
The companies that made and sold the asbestos products — insulation, refractory brick, gaskets, packing, joint compound, friction materials, textiles, and many others. Michigan claims against them are brought for negligence and breach of implied warranty; Michigan has not adopted strict liability in tort. A seller that did not make the product is liable only for its own lack of reasonable care or an express warranty.
Premises owners and site operators
The companies that ran the mills, plants, refineries, foundries, power stations, and other sites where the exposure occurred. A site owner is generally not liable to an outside contractor's employees unless it kept control over the work, and a site owner that was the worker's own employer is covered by workers' compensation instead. The Michigan Supreme Court has also held that a site owner owed no duty to a contractor worker's household member exposed at home. The 2023 Kandil-Elsayed decision moved the "open and obvious" defense from a duty question to a jury question about breach and comparative fault.
Asbestos bankruptcy trusts
The manufacturers that went bankrupt — Johns-Manville, Owens Corning, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, A.P. Green, Fibreboard, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Flexitallic, and many others — were required to fund trusts to pay future victims. Trust claims are filed administratively and do not require a lawsuit. In a Michigan lawsuit, the plaintiff must disclose trust claims before trial, and the trust materials can be used to allocate fault.
Employers (and why this is usually limited)
In most cases, a worker cannot sue their own employer directly for occupational disease. Michigan workers' compensation is generally the exclusive remedy against the employer. There is a narrow intentional-tort exception, but Michigan's standard is demanding and rarely available for asbestos cases. Most Michigan asbestos lawsuits are against the product manufacturers, and sometimes site owners, rather than the worker's employer.
Legal detail: Michigan product liability, premises liability, and workers' compensation
Products liability framework. Michigan product claims are brought for negligence and breach of implied warranty; Prentis v. Yale Mfg. Co., 421 Mich. 670 (1984), applied a risk-utility negligence test to design defects and did not adopt strict liability in tort. A nonmanufacturing seller is liable only for its own failure to exercise reasonable care, including breach of implied warranty, or for breach of an express warranty (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2947(6)), and, except to the extent a state or federal statute or regulation requires a manufacturer to warn, there is no failure-to-warn liability for a product provided for use by a sophisticated user (§ 600.2947(4)). Cause-in-fact is analyzed under the "more likely than not but-for" framework of Skinner v. Square D Co., 445 Mich. 153 (1994), and Weymers v. Khera, 454 Mich. 639 (1997). Legal cause requires foreseeability that defendant's conduct could create the risk of harm (Moning v. Alfono, 400 Mich. 425 (1977)).
Government standards compliance. Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2946(4) creates a rebuttable presumption of nonliability where the aspect of the product that caused the harm complied, when sold, with relevant federal or state standards; noncompliance raises no presumption of negligence. The presumption does not apply where the court makes the willful-disregard finding of § 600.2949a.
Government-contractor defense. Manufacturers of military-specification products, such as the equipment in Navy ships built at Defoe Shipbuilding, often raise the federal government-contractor defense, which requires that the United States approved reasonably precise specifications, the equipment conformed to them, and the supplier warned the United States about dangers known to the supplier but not to the government. Boyle v. United Technologies Corp., 487 U.S. 500 (1988). Such cases are often removed to federal court under the federal-officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442.
Negligence per se — not recognized. Michigan does not subscribe to negligence per se; violation of statute creates a rebuttable presumption of negligence; violation of an ordinance or regulation is evidence of negligence (Candelaria v. B.C. Gen. Contractors, Inc., 236 Mich. App. 67 (1999); Zeni v. Anderson, 397 Mich. 117 (1976)).
Premises liability. At common law, owners and general contractors are generally not liable to an independent contractor's employees; the exceptions are retained control (owners) and the common-work-area doctrine (general contractors). Ormsby v. Capital Welding, Inc., 471 Mich. 45 (2004). A property owner owed no duty to a contractor employee's household member who was never on or near the property and was exposed to asbestos carried home on the worker's clothing. In re Certified Question (Miller v. Ford Motor Co.), 479 Mich. 498, 740 N.W.2d 206 (2007). Kandil-Elsayed v. F & E Oil, Inc., 512 Mich. 95 (2023), overruled Lugo v. Ameritech Corp., Inc., 464 Mich. 512, 629 N.W.2d 384 (2001), and held that the open and obvious nature of a condition is relevant to breach and comparative fault rather than duty of care. When a land possessor should anticipate the harm that results from an open and obvious condition despite its obviousness, the possessor is not relieved of the duty of care.
Workers' compensation exclusivity. Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.131(1) (exclusive remedy). The intentional tort exception requires a deliberate act of the employer and a specific intent to injure; intent exists if the employer had actual knowledge that an injury was certain to occur and willfully disregarded that knowledge, a question of law for the court. Travis v. Dreis & Krump Mfg. Co., 453 Mich. 149 (1996); Oaks v. Twin City Foods, Inc., 198 Mich. App. 296 (1992). Reckless conduct is insufficient. Comp deadlines: notice to the employer within 90 days after the employee knew or should have known of the injury (§ 418.381(1)), and for an occupational disease, a claim within two years after the employee knew or should have known that the disease was work related (§ 418.441). Third-party claims against non-employer tortfeasors are preserved under § 418.827: after expenses and attorney fees, the recovery first reimburses the employer or carrier for compensation paid, and the balance is an advance against future compensation; if the employee has not sued within one year after the injury, the employer or carrier may sue the third party in the employee's name.
What compensation can a Michigan mesothelioma case recover?
Personal-injury compensation
For the living diagnosed worker, Michigan recognizes recovery of:
- Past and future medical expenses (after trial, the court reduces economic damages by certain collateral-source payments, such as health insurance, but not life insurance or payments by a payer with a lien on the recovery)
- Past and future lost wages and lost earning capacity, for a worker who was still earning
- Pain and suffering, mental anguish, and emotional distress — in claims against the product companies, subject to Michigan's noneconomic damages cap: $596,400, or $1,065,000 where the defect caused death or the permanent loss of a vital bodily function (2026 figures, adjusted each year)
- The cap's exceptions. The higher limit does not apply to a company if the jury finds that the death or loss resulted from that company's gross negligence. The cap does not apply at all to a company if the court finds that, when it made or sold the product, the company actually knew the product was defective and substantially likely to cause the disease, and willfully disregarded that knowledge. Both are findings about a particular company's own conduct.
- No punitive damages. Michigan does not allow damages meant to punish. Its exemplary damages compensate for injured feelings and generally are not added on top of ordinary pain-and-suffering damages in an injury case.
Wrongful-death compensation
When the worker has passed, the family may recover:
- Funeral, burial, and final medical expenses
- Reasonable compensation for the pain and suffering the worker endured between injury and death (while conscious)
- Loss of financial support
- Loss of society and companionship of the deceased
A 2024 Michigan Supreme Court decision (Daher) ruled that lost future earnings are not recoverable in Michigan wrongful-death actions. If the worker dies while the case is pending, the case continues as a wrongful-death case under the same rule.
Legal detail: Michigan damages and wrongful death
Economic damages — uncapped. Past and future medical expenses, past and future lost earnings and lost earning capacity.
Collateral source reduction. Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6303: after a verdict, the court reduces the economic portion of a personal-injury judgment by collateral-source payments, less premiums paid (except premiums on insurance required by law); life insurance and benefits paid by a payer with a statutory lien, or a contractual lien exercised in time, are not collateral sources.
Future damages — present value. Reduced to gross present cash value under § 600.6306(1)(c).
Noneconomic damages caps — products liability (2026). Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2946a(1): $596,400; $1,065,000 if the defect caused death or permanent loss of a vital bodily function (Department of Treasury notice, Jan. 30, 2026). Adjusted each year from the statutory amounts of $280,000 / $500,000. The jury itemizes economic and noneconomic loss and is not told about the limits; the court adjusts the award (§ 600.2946a(2)).
Cap exceptions. The higher limit does not apply to a defendant if the trier of fact finds that the death or loss was the result of that defendant's gross negligence (§ 600.2946a(3)). If the court determines that, at the time of manufacture or distribution, the defendant had actual knowledge that the product was defective and that there was a substantial likelihood the defect would cause the injury, and willfully disregarded that knowledge, then §§ 600.2946(4), 600.2946a, 600.2947(1)–(4) and 600.2948(2) do not apply (§ 600.2949a). Each is a finding about the particular defendant.
Punitive and exemplary damages. Michigan does not allow damages designed to punish. Exemplary damages are a class of compensatory damages for injury to feelings, and where ordinary damages for mental distress are awarded, exemplary damages for injury to feelings are duplicative. Veselenak v. Smith, 414 Mich. 567 (1982).
Wrongful death damages. Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2922(6): reasonable medical, hospital, funeral, and burial expenses; reasonable compensation for pain and suffering while conscious between injury and death; damages for loss of financial support; damages for loss of society and companionship.
No lost future earnings in wrongful death. Daher v. Prime Healthcare Servs.-Garden City, LLC, 515 Mich. 254 (2024) — the Wrongful Death Act does not allow recovery of lost future earnings.
Survival. Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2921: all actions and claims survive death, but a claim for injuries that result in death proceeds only under the Wrongful Death Act (see the filing-deadline detail above).
What evidence do we need to prove a Michigan asbestos case?
You do not need to gather everything before calling. A diagnosis, a basic work history, and the names of employers or worksites are enough to start. We build the rest using our Michigan exposure database and standard discovery tools.
| Evidence | Why it helps | What if you do not have it? |
|---|---|---|
| Pathology report and medical records confirming mesothelioma | Establishes the diagnosis and the date we count from, subject to any earlier findings | We can request records directly from your treating physicians and hospitals (Henry Ford, Beaumont, U-M, Karmanos, McLaren, etc.) once you sign authorizations. |
| Work history — employers, dates, job titles, work locations | Lets us match the worker to documented exposure sites and the trusts that list them | A spouse, adult child, or coworker's memory is often enough to start. Social Security earnings records can fill in employer names and dates. |
| Names of asbestos products or product manufacturers handled | Identifies specific defendants and trust claims | Most workers do not remember product names. We reconstruct from job classification, era, employer, and our database of products used at Michigan sites. |
| Military service records (for veterans) | Establishes VA service-connection and shipboard/installation exposures | We help request DD-214s and service medical/personnel records. |
| Union records, pension records, coworker contacts | Corroborates work history and identifies exposure pathways | We can subpoena union records and pension data; coworker testimony can be developed during discovery. |
| Family observations (work clothes, vehicle, garage dust) | Supports a family member's own exposure history | Family members' first-hand recollections are themselves evidence. |
You do not need to have everything organized. A phone call is the right first step.
How does Michigan divide responsibility when many asbestos companies were involved?
Michigan eliminated joint and several liability in its 1995 tort reform. In a Michigan asbestos case, each defendant is generally responsible only for its own share of the fault. The jury allocates a percentage to each responsible person, whether or not that person is or could have been a party — including bankrupt manufacturers — and each defendant pays only its own percentage. Shares allocated to bankrupt or absent companies are not paid by the remaining defendants, which lowers what the solvent defendants pay.
Trust claims are separate, but they interact with the lawsuit. Michigan's asbestos trust transparency act requires a plaintiff to file the trust claims that can be made and to give the defendants a sworn statement and the trust-claim materials at least 180 days before trial. Those materials can be used to show other exposures and to allocate fault, and a judgment can be reduced by payments on a trust claim filed after the judgment. The order of filing is decided case by case with our trial team.
Michigan also uses a comparative-fault rule that still allows a plaintiff's economic damages (medical bills, lost wages, lost earning capacity), reduced by the worker's own share of the fault, even if the worker is found more at fault than all the others combined. Only pain-and-suffering damages are barred in that case.
Legal detail: comparative negligence, joint and several liability, and settlement credits
Joint and several liability — eliminated. Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 600.6304 and 600.2956. In products liability actions, "the liability of each defendant for damages is several only and is not joint."
Allocation to nonparties. Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2957(1) — the trier of fact considers the fault of each person, regardless of whether the person is, or could have been, named as a party. Bankrupt manufacturers' shares may be allocated.
Nonparty notice + add as defendant. § 600.2957(2) — on a motion within 91 days after a nonparty is identified, claims against it may be added and are not barred by limitations unless they would have been barred when the original action was filed.
Comparative fault — two-tier framework. Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2959. Where plaintiff's percentage of fault is greater than the aggregate percentage of fault attributable to all other persons: economic damages reduced by percentage; noneconomic damages shall not be awarded. Where plaintiff's percentage of fault is less than or equal to the aggregate: recovery reduced proportionally for both economic and noneconomic damages.
Causation. Cause-in-fact under Skinner v. Square D Co., 445 Mich. 153 (1994), and Weymers v. Khera, 454 Mich. 639 (1997). Where several causes contributed, the Michigan Supreme Court applied the substantial-factor test in an asbestos case: Brisboy v. Fibreboard Corp., 429 Mich. 540, 547–48 (1988). Legal cause under Moning v. Alfono, 400 Mich. 425 (1977).
Asbestos bankruptcy trust claims transparency act. Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 600.3010–600.3016 (2018 PA 100). At least 180 days before trial, the plaintiff must provide a sworn statement that all trust claims that can be made have been filed, with all trust-claim materials (§ 600.3012); a defendant may move to require additional trust claims (§ 600.3013); trust-claim materials are presumed relevant and authentic, are admissible, and may be used to prove alternative causation and to allocate responsibility (§ 600.3014); and if the plaintiff files an additional claim after judgment with a trust that existed at the time of judgment, the court, on a motion filed within a reasonable time and not more than one year after judgment, may reopen the judgment and reduce it by the trust payments (§ 600.3015).
How trust claims, lawsuits, and benefits can work together
Most Michigan mesothelioma families pursue several of these paths. They can run alongside each other, but they interact, and the order of filing is decided case by case with our trial team. A civil or trust recovery doesn't reduce VA disability. FECA, LHWCA, and workers' compensation have repayment or credit rights, and workers' comp can offset Social Security disability. VA and FECA for the same disease generally require an election. In a Michigan lawsuit, trust claims must be disclosed and can affect the allocation of fault and the judgment.
| Path | What it pays for | Timing and coordination |
|---|---|---|
| Asbestos trust claims | Payments from bankrupt manufacturers' trust funds | Often months, depending on each trust's procedures; disclosed in a Michigan lawsuit at least 180 days before trial |
| Civil lawsuit (product and premises) | Compensatory damages, with the product-liability cap on pain and suffering | Often one to three years; many cases settle earlier |
| Michigan workers' compensation | Medical and wage-loss benefits from the worker's own employer | Notice within 90 days and a claim within two years of when the worker knew, or should have known, that the disease is work related; the employer or carrier is repaid from a third-party recovery |
| LHWCA | Medical care and disability for private shipyard workers | Its own notice and claim deadlines, and repayment and settlement-approval rules |
| VA service-connected disability | Monthly compensation and VA medical care for veterans with a described in-service exposure | Not reduced by a civil or trust recovery |
| FECA | Medical and disability for federal civilian employees | Must be partly repaid from a lawsuit or trust recovery; election against VA for the same disease |
| Social Security disability | Monthly disability benefits for claimants under full retirement age | Can be offset by workers' compensation |
Michigan shipyard, military, and federal-facility exposure
Michigan's Navy shipbuilding was privately run, and its federal installations are workplaces, not defendants.
- Defoe Shipbuilding (Bay City): a privately run yard on the Saginaw River that built patrol craft and destroyer escorts for the Navy in World War II and kept building ships until it closed in 1976. Listed by at least 8 trusts, including Johns-Manville.
- Selfridge Air National Guard Base (Mount Clemens): a military airfield since 1917
- Detroit Arsenal (Warren): the Army's ground-vehicle center (TACOM)
- Battle Creek Air National Guard Base and Camp Grayling: Michigan National Guard installations
A federal civilian employee's remedy against the United States is FECA; active-duty service members can't sue the United States for service-related injuries; and a household member's own illness is a separate injury, for which any claim against the United States goes through the Federal Tort Claims Act, which requires a written claim to the federal agency within two years. The companies that made the asbestos products used at these installations and in Navy ships can still be sued.
The federal programs:
- LHWCA (Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act) for workers at private shipyards such as Defoe. A settlement with a product company for less than the compensation due needs the employer's and insurer's prior written approval, or LHWCA benefits can be lost.
- VA service-connected disability for veterans. The VA has no automatic presumption for asbestos diseases, but it treats in-service asbestos exposure as likely for many Navy ratings; a claim still needs a described in-service exposure, a diagnosis, and a doctor's opinion linking the disease to service.
- FECA (Federal Employees' Compensation Act) for federal civilian employees, including civilians at Selfridge and the Detroit Arsenal. FECA is the exclusive remedy against the United States; a lawsuit or trust recovery for the same illness must be partly repaid to FECA; and FECA and VA benefits for the same disease generally require an election.
- Social Security disability for claimants under full retirement age who can no longer work.
We coordinate the federal filings with the civil case and the trust claims, case by case.
Legal detail: federal programs
FECA. 5 U.S.C. § 8116(c) (exclusive against the United States); § 8116(b) (election between FECA and other United States benefits for the same injury or death); § 8132 (refund from a third-party recovery). LHWCA. No compensation for an officer or employee of the United States (33 U.S.C. § 903(b)); employer liability exclusive (§ 905(a)); § 933(b) (assignment six months after accepting compensation under an award), § 933(f) (credit), § 933(g) (prior written approval of settlements below the compensation due). FTCA. 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b) (written claim to the agency within two years; suit within six months after the agency mails notice of final denial).
What happens after you call?
A free case review is a conversation, not a commitment to file a lawsuit.
- You call 833-4-ASBESTOS or submit the case review form. A team member, not an automated screening service, takes the initial information.
- We listen. Diagnosis, work history, family situation, what you already know about the exposure. No legal jargon, no pressure.
- We check the trusts' Michigan lists for the worksite, the trusts that list it, and the typical product exposures there, and tell you what additional records we need.
- We send you a representation agreement only if you want to move forward. No fee unless we recover. Contingent fee.
- We protect the deadline. The order and timing of trust claims, benefits, and the lawsuit are decided case by case with our trial team. Trust claims often pay before the lawsuit resolves.
- The civil case is filed in Michigan circuit court or federal court, naming the manufacturers, and any site owners, the evidence supports.
- Benefits are coordinated with the civil case — workers' compensation, LHWCA, VA, FECA, and Social Security disability as applicable.
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How Michigan's laws may work in practice
Robert is a 71-year-old retired millwright from Wyandotte, Michigan, in the Downriver Detroit suburbs. From 1973 until he retired in 2005 he worked at Great Lakes Steel at Ecorse, employed by National Steel Corporation until U.S. Steel bought the works in 2003 — millwright work on the basic oxygen furnaces, refractory replacement in the blast furnaces, pipefitting on steam and process piping, and gasket and packing maintenance on the rolling mills and finishing equipment. He had no significant health complaints until November 2025, when he developed shortness of breath. In March 2026, a pleural biopsy at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital confirmed pleural mesothelioma of the biphasic histological subtype.
What this means for Robert and his family. Robert cannot sue National Steel or U.S. Steel: they were his employers, and Michigan workers' compensation is his remedy against them. He may have an occupational-disease claim, which has its own deadlines: notice within 90 days and a claim within two years of when the worker knew, or should have known, that the disease is work related. His lawsuit is against the companies that made and sold the refractory, insulation, gasket, and packing products he worked with, for negligence and breach of implied warranty, in Wayne County Circuit Court. To be safe, we count three years from his first symptoms in November 2025, so the case is filed well before November 2028. Trust claims go to the trusts that list Great Lakes Steel — at least 16, including Johns-Manville — and are disclosed in the lawsuit as Michigan law requires; the order of filing is decided with our trial team. Because Robert retired in 2005, he has no lost-wage or Social Security disability claim. His medical expenses are recoverable, and his pain and suffering is subject to the product-liability cap: a jury finding of gross negligence against a company lifts the higher limit for that company, and a court's willful-disregard finding removes the cap for that company.
His wife lived with the asbestos dust on his work clothes for over thirty years. As part of our representation, we offer free asbestos health screening to family members of every client who may have been exposed at home. The screening is a chest X-ray read by a B-reader, with a CT scan if needed; it looks for asbestos-related changes in the lungs and isn't a diagnosis or a reliable way to find mesothelioma early. The Michigan Supreme Court has held that a site owner owed no duty to a contractor worker's household member exposed to asbestos carried home on work clothes; if a family member is later diagnosed, a claim against the product makers would be that family member's own case. If Robert dies during the case, it continues as a wrongful-death case brought by the personal representative of his estate, and under a 2024 decision, lost future earnings are not recoverable in it.
Legal analysis of this hypothetical
Limitations. Three years (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805(2), (12)). The claim accrues when the plaintiff is harmed (§ 600.5827; Trentadue, 479 Mich. 378 (2007); Falk, unpublished). Counting from the first symptoms in November 2025, filing well before November 2028.
Pleading theory. Negligence and breach of implied warranty against the manufacturers and sellers of the refractory, insulation, gasket, and packing products (Prentis, 421 Mich. 670 (1984); nonmanufacturing sellers limited by § 600.2947(6)). Cause-in-fact under Skinner and Weymers; substantial factor where several exposures contributed (Brisboy, 429 Mich. 540 (1988)); legal cause under Moning.
Comparative fault. Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2959.
Several liability. Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 600.6304 and 600.2956. Fault may be allocated to bankrupt manufacturers and other nonparties (§ 600.2957(1)), and trust-claim materials, disclosed at least 180 days before trial, may be used to allocate responsibility (§§ 600.3012, 600.3014).
Damages framework. Medical expenses, with the § 600.6303 collateral-source reduction; no lost earnings (retired in 2005). Noneconomic damages subject to the § 600.2946a cap ($1,065,000 in 2026 if the defect causes death or permanent loss of a vital bodily function) unless the jury finds a defendant's gross negligence (higher limit only, § 600.2946a(3)) or the court makes the § 600.2949a willful-disregard finding against it. No punitive damages; exemplary damages duplicate mental-distress damages (Veselenak, 414 Mich. 567 (1982)).
No employer or premises claim. National Steel and U.S. Steel were his employers: comp exclusivity (Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.131(1)); the intentional-tort exception (Travis; Oaks) is not practical here. Occupational-disease claim: notice within 90 days and a claim within two years of when the worker knew, or should have known, that the disease is work related (§§ 418.381(1), 418.441); a comp lien and advance credit on any third-party recovery (§ 418.827).
Household members. No premises-owner duty to a household member exposed off-site (Miller v. Ford, 479 Mich. 498 (2007)). A household member's own disease claim against the product makers would be a separate case.
Trust claims. The trusts that list Great Lakes Steel (at least 16, including Johns-Manville), with timing coordinated with the lawsuit and the § 600.3012 disclosure.
If Robert dies during the case. The case is amended to proceed under the Wrongful Death Act (§ 600.2921), brought by the personal representative (§ 600.2922), with § 600.2922(6) damages and no lost future earnings (Daher, 515 Mich. 254 (2024)).
This example is general. Every case depends on the diagnosis, exposure history, dates, defendants, applicable law, and available evidence.
Why families choose our firm
Our firm has recovered over $400 million for asbestos clients nationally. Our Michigan work draws on a database of 200,000+ verified asbestos exposure sites built over more than a decade, including the asbestos trusts' Michigan lists: more than 4,000 entries across 386 communities, from 27 trusts. We routinely get claims approved by many asbestos trusts.
- Deep worksite documentation. Great Lakes Steel (at least 16 trusts), Ford's Rouge complex (at least 12), Dow's Midland plant (at least 12), Wyandotte Chemicals (at least 11), and the broader Michigan industrial workforce; trust counts include Johns-Manville.
- Michigan industries. Integrated steel (Great Lakes Steel, McLouth), the auto industry (Ford Rouge, GM's Saginaw foundry, the GM Technical Center), chemical plants (Dow Midland, Wyandotte), the Marathon refinery, Detroit Edison and Consumers Power generating stations, Upper Peninsula copper mining (White Pine), and Navy shipbuilding at Defoe in Bay City.
- Michigan-specific case work. Negligence and implied-warranty claims against the product companies, the product-liability damages cap and its exceptions, and the state's trust-disclosure rules.
- Deadlines. Michigan has no general discovery rule, so the three years can start before the diagnosis. Filing in time protects the worker's own claim, and it matters for the family's later death claim. Call as soon as possible after diagnosis.
- Benefits coordination. Workers' compensation, LHWCA for private shipyard workers, VA disability for veterans, FECA for federal civilian employees, and Social Security disability for claimants under full retirement age, coordinated with the civil case and trust claims.
- Remote case handling. Phone, email, and mail. You do not have to come to our office. Out-of-state clients with Michigan exposure are welcome.
- No fee unless we recover. Contingent fee. In Michigan the winning side is generally entitled to its court costs, and a party that rejects a formal offer to stipulate to a judgment and then does worse at trial than the offer can owe the other side's actual costs, including a reasonable attorney fee; we discuss every settlement offer with the family before anyone responds to it.
Court decisions: 21 asbestos cases from Michigan courts
Frequently asked questions
What is the statute of limitations for mesothelioma in Michigan?
Generally three years for the worker's personal-injury claim. Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count from the date of diagnosis. Michigan has no general discovery rule: the three years can start when the disease first harms the body, which can be before the diagnosis. If symptoms or an earlier X-ray, CT scan or screening showed asbestos disease, a Michigan court may count the three years from then, so call us right away.
What is the wrongful-death deadline in Michigan?
It depends on the worker's own deadline. Michigan's statute allows a wrongful-death claim where the death was caused by conduct that "would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages." If the worker died before the three years ran out, or within 30 days after, the estate's personal representative has two years from appointment to file, but never more than three years after the worker's own deadline ran. If your loved one died of mesothelioma, call as soon as you can.
Can my family still call if my loved one already died?
Yes. We handle wrongful-death cases for families whose loved one has already passed. The personal representative of the estate brings the claim, including the worker's own pain and suffering before death, and the court approves how any recovery is divided among the family members the statute lists.
Do I need to know the asbestos product names?
No. Most workers never knew the brand names of the insulation, gaskets, refractory brick, or other asbestos products they handled. We reconstruct exposure history from job classification, era, employer, worksite, and our Michigan database of products used at specific sites.
Do I need old employment records before calling?
No. Social Security earnings records, union records, pension records, and coworker memory can fill in gaps. A spouse's or adult child's general memory of where their loved one worked is usually enough to start.
Can an adult child call for a parent?
Yes — and most of our first Michigan calls are from adult children. We can do everything by phone, email, and mail. The diagnosed worker does not need to come to a meeting.
Will we have to file a lawsuit?
Not necessarily. Some families recover meaningful compensation through trust claims and federal benefits alone, with no lawsuit filed. We will explain the options and respect your decision.
Are trust claims separate from lawsuits?
Yes. Trust claims are administrative filings with the bankruptcy trusts. Lawsuits are civil cases against still-solvent companies. Most Michigan cases include both, but they interact: in a Michigan lawsuit, the plaintiff must disclose trust claims at least 180 days before trial, the trust materials can be used to allocate fault, and payments on a trust claim filed after judgment can reduce the judgment.
Can I file a Michigan claim if I no longer live in Michigan?
Often yes. Where a case can be filed, and which state's law applies, depend on where the companies are based and where the exposure happened. Many former Michigan industrial workers have moved out of state after retirement — we work with families across the country.
Do I have to come to your office?
No. We handle Michigan cases by phone, email, and mail. For elderly, ill, or mobility-impaired clients, in-home or hospital visits can be arranged when needed.
What does the first call cost?
Nothing. The case review is free, and the representation agreement is on a contingent-fee basis — we are paid only if we recover compensation for your family.
What if the exposure happened at work?
Most Michigan asbestos cases are based on workplace exposure. Claims against the worker's own employer generally go through workers' compensation, which has its own notice and claim deadlines. The lawsuit is against the product manufacturers and, in limited cases, the owner of a site where the worker was an outside contractor's employee.
What if the exposure happened through a spouse's work clothes?
A household member may have a claim, but Michigan law limits who can be sued. In 2007 the Michigan Supreme Court held that Ford, as owner of the Rouge complex, owed no duty to a household member of a contractor's worker who was exposed to asbestos carried home on his clothing. A family member diagnosed with an asbestos disease may still have a claim against the companies that made the products, and trust claims. We offer free asbestos health screening to family members who may have been exposed at home.
Are noneconomic damages capped in Michigan?
In claims against the product companies, yes: $596,400, or $1,065,000 where the defect caused death or the permanent loss of a vital bodily function (2026 figures, adjusted each year). The higher limit does not apply to a company the jury finds grossly negligent, and the cap does not apply at all to a company if the court finds it actually knew its product was defective and substantially likely to cause the disease, and willfully disregarded that knowledge. Both depend on evidence about that company.
Does Michigan allow punitive damages in asbestos cases?
No. Michigan does not allow damages meant to punish. Michigan's "exemplary damages" compensate for injured feelings, and in an injury case they generally duplicate ordinary pain-and-suffering damages rather than adding to them.
Where will my Michigan case be filed?
Usually in a Michigan circuit court. Michigan's venue statute points first to the county where the original injury occurred, if a defendant lives, does business, or has its registered office there; if no county fits, it falls back to other counties tied to the injury, the plaintiff, or the defendants. Federal court (E.D. Mich. or W.D. Mich.) is also possible where diversity jurisdiction exists or a defendant removes the case.
Where did Michigan asbestos exposure happen?
Across heavy industry. The asbestos trusts' Michigan lists hold more than 4,000 entries across 386 communities. Great Lakes Steel at Ecorse is listed by at least 16 trusts; Ford's Rouge complex and Dow's Midland plant by at least 12 each; Wyandotte Chemicals by at least 11; and the General Motors Saginaw grey iron foundry, McLouth Steel's Trenton works, and the White Pine copper mine by at least 9 each (counts include Johns-Manville). Auto plants, paper mills, Detroit Edison and Consumers Power generating stations, and the Defoe shipyard at Bay City round out the Michigan footprint. See the Michigan Asbestos Exposure Sites page for the full directory.
Talk with a Michigan mesothelioma lawyer
Whether your family is dealing with a new diagnosis, a very sick loved one, or a death from mesothelioma, the right next step is the same: a free, no-pressure conversation about what compensation may be available and how to act in time.
You do not need to know the product names. You do not need to have all the records. You do not need to travel to our office. A spouse or adult child can call for the family.
Related resources
Sources and references
Statutes
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805(2), (12) — three years for injury to a person and for products liability actions.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5827 — accrual.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5839(1) — repose for claims against contractors that made improvements to real property.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5852(1), (4) — saving period for the personal representative (death before the period ran or within 30 days after; two years from letters of authority; no more than three years after the period ran).
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2921 — survival; claims for injuries resulting in death proceed under the Wrongful Death Act.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2922 — Michigan Wrongful Death Act; (6) damages (funeral, medical, pain and suffering between injury and death, loss of support, loss of society and companionship).
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2946(4) — rebuttable presumption of nonliability for compliance with governmental standards in products liability.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2946a — noneconomic damages limits in product liability actions ($596,400 / $1,065,000 for 2026); (3) gross-negligence exception to the higher limit.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2947(4), (6) — sophisticated users; nonmanufacturing sellers.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2949a — willful-disregard finding.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2956 — several liability in tort.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2957 — allocation of fault among all responsible persons, including nonparties; adding a nonparty on motion within 91 days.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2959 — Michigan's comparative fault rule.
- Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 600.3010–600.3016 — Asbestos bankruptcy trust claims transparency act (2018 PA 100).
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6303 — collateral source reduction.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6304 — allocation of fault; several liability.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6306(1)(c) — present-value reduction of future damages.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1629 — venue in tort actions.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.131(1) — workers' compensation exclusive remedy and intentional tort exception.
- Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 418.381(1), 418.441 — workers' compensation notice and claim deadlines; occupational disease.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.827 — third-party claims, employer reimbursement, and the employer's right to sue after one year.
- Mich. Ct. R. 2.625(A), 2.405 — costs to the prevailing party; offers to stipulate to entry of judgment.
- 5 U.S.C. §§ 8116, 8132; 33 U.S.C. §§ 903(b), 905(a), 933; 28 U.S.C. §§ 1442, 2401(b) — FECA, LHWCA, federal-officer removal, Federal Tort Claims Act.
- Public Acts 161 and 249 of 1995 — Michigan's 1995 tort reform package, effective March 28, 1996.
Cases
- Trentadue v. Buckler Automatic Lawn Sprinkler Co., 479 Mich. 378, 738 N.W.2d 664 (Mich. 2007) — courts may not use an extrastatutory discovery rule to delay accrual under § 600.5827.
- Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 427 Mich. 301, 399 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. 1986) — earlier asbestos accrual rule; whether it survived Trentadue is unsettled.
- Falk v. All Acquisition Corp., No. 296012 (Mich. Ct. App. Feb. 17, 2011) (unpublished) — asbestos claim accrues when the plaintiff is harmed; Larson question left open.
- Prentis v. Yale Mfg. Co., 421 Mich. 670 (Mich. 1984) — risk-utility negligence test for design defects; strict liability in tort not adopted.
- Skinner v. Square D Co., 445 Mich. 153 (Mich. 1994) — "more likely than not but-for" cause-in-fact framework.
- Weymers v. Khera, 454 Mich. 639 (Mich. 1997) — cause-in-fact framework.
- Brisboy v. Fibreboard Corp., 429 Mich. 540 (Mich. 1988) — substantial-factor causation in an asbestos case.
- Moning v. Alfono, 400 Mich. 425 (Mich. 1977) — legal cause / foreseeability framework.
- Candelaria v. B.C. Gen. Contractors, Inc., 236 Mich. App. 67 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999) — negligence per se not recognized; statutory violation as rebuttable presumption.
- Zeni v. Anderson, 397 Mich. 117 (Mich. 1976) — violation of a statute creates a rebuttable presumption of negligence.
- Ormsby v. Capital Welding, Inc., 471 Mich. 45 (Mich. 2004) — owners' and general contractors' duty to contractors' employees: retained control and common work area.
- In re Certified Question (Miller v. Ford Motor Co.), 479 Mich. 498, 740 N.W.2d 206 (Mich. 2007) — no premises-owner duty to a household member exposed off-site.
- Lugo v. Ameritech Corp., Inc., 464 Mich. 512, 629 N.W.2d 384 (Mich. 2001) — prior open-and-obvious framework (overruled by Kandil-Elsayed).
- Kandil-Elsayed v. F & E Oil, Inc., 512 Mich. 95 (Mich. 2023) — open-and-obvious nature of a condition is relevant to breach and comparative fault rather than duty of care.
- Travis v. Dreis & Krump Mfg. Co., 453 Mich. 149 (Mich. 1996) — intentional tort exception to workers' compensation exclusivity; deliberate act and specific intent to injure.
- Oaks v. Twin City Foods, Inc., 198 Mich. App. 296 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992) — intentional tort exception; reckless conduct insufficient.
- Veselenak v. Smith, 414 Mich. 567 (Mich. 1982) — exemplary damages are compensatory and duplicate damages for mental distress.
- Daher v. Prime Healthcare Servs.-Garden City, LLC, 515 Mich. 254 (Mich. 2024) — lost future earnings not recoverable under the Michigan Wrongful Death Act.
- Boyle v. United Technologies Corp., 487 U.S. 500 (1988) — government-contractor defense.
Last reviewed: November 2026. The Law Offices of Justinian C. Lane, Esq. — PLLC | Round Rock, TX · Mesa, AZ · Redmond, WA. We partner with firms in every relevant jurisdiction so claims can be handled in the appropriate court or claims system.
This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Every asbestos case turns on its own facts, exposure history, diagnosis, deadlines, available evidence, and applicable law. Reviewing this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.