The Asbestos Team

If you think youve been exposed to asbestos, consult a doctor who is trained to diagnose asbestos-related conditions. And speak to one of our attorneys who specialize in this area of law.

Articles

New Research Grants Continue Progress Against Dread Cancer
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Announces Additional $1 Million of Research Funding MORE

Few think asbestos bill is dead
The advertising blitzes may have halted and the telephones quieted since the asbestos trust-fund bill was brought down in the Senate last week, but the special interests working all sides of the issue are not exhaling yet. MORE

No agreement on how to resolve asbestos claims
The Senate fell one vote short Feb. 14 of stopping a procedural challenge to a bill that would set up a $140 billion asbestos trust fund and it's uncertain when it will come up again for a vote. MORE

Power Plant Posed Asbestos Risk (to firefighters)
The harmful material may have been used in structures damaged in a recent fire. MORE

You Should Know: Asbestos Legislation Update
Asbestos manufacturers are attempting to persuade our legislators to pass a bill that would affect all asbestos-related cases MORE

Terrell Hogan attorney Alan Pickert recently participated in the American Bar Association's Bar Leadership Institute.
Pickert joined some 300 other emerging leaders of lawyer organizations from across the country for seminars on bar governance, finance, communications and planning. Alan is the president-elect of the Jacksonville Bar Association.

Terrell Hogan Leads the Charge to Protect Asbestos Victims
Legislators have been misled on both the national front and in Florida and are attempting to pass legislation that would drastically affect those who have been injured from asbestos by protecting negligent manufacturers of asbestos-containing products. MORE

just a few of our results

$8,042,000 Recovery ($3,042,000 compensatory and $5,000,000 punitive damages) - A career boilermaker at several paper mills, chemical plants and shipyards for over 45 years contracted mesothelioma.

$6,825,000 Recovery ($6,725,000 compensatory and $100,000 punitive damages) - A shipyard worker for two years, painter for thirteen years working around joint compound and drywall, and maintenance worker at several power plants for approximately twelve years developed mesothelioma.

$6,050,000 Recovery ($1,050,000 compensatory and $5,000,000 punitive damages) - A career machinist developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working for the railroad for 39 years.

$5,000,000 Recovery ($2,500,000 compensatory and $2,500,000 punitive damages) - A welder at a shipyard for over 35 years developed mesothelioma after been exposed to asbestos.

$5,000,000 Recovery ($2,500,000 compensatory and $2,500,000 punitive damages) - An electrician developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working for the railroad, aboard ship for the US Navy, and at a chemical plant for a total of 45 years.

$4,135,000 Recovery - A gentleman contracted mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working on brakes and clutches for over 38 years.

$2,600,000 Recovery - A housewife who was exposed to asbestos from her father bringing asbestos home on his clothes when she was a child.

$2,334,128 Recovery ($1,834,128 compensatory and $500,000 punitive damages) - An electrician at various paper mills, chemical plants and construction sites for over 40 years developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos.

$2,000,000 Recovery - A career pipefitter and construction worker developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working for chemical plants and manufacturing companies for over 40 years.

$1,848,000 Recovery - The client contracted mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working for the railroad for over 10 years handling gaskets, packing, pipecovering and block, and working in and around locomotives and electric generators.

$1,840,000 Recovery - A millwright contracted mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working over the course of his career at a papermill.

$1,750,000 Recovery - A career pipefitter developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working on numerous ships.

$1,600,000 Recovery (1.5 million compensatory and $100,000 punitive damages) - An electrician, laborer and plant worker developed asbestosis after being exposed to asbestos while working at a power plant and a papermill.

$1,530,000 Recovery - An electrician who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos at a papermill and while using joint compound when making renovations to his home.

$1,450,000 Recovery - Former powerhouse mechanic who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working on turbines, boilers, generators, valves, pumps, and steam lines.

$1,300,000 Recovery - A garage mechanic who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos containing brake shoes, discs, clutches and gaskets.

$1,250,000 Recovery - A former insulator at a refinery who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos installing asbestos containing gaskets, packing, pipecovering and cement.

$1,080,000 Recovery - Former drywaller who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos containing joint compound.

$1,000,000 Recovery - Former Navy boilertender who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos on boilers, turbines, pumps, valves and steam lines while aboard various naval vessels.

$1,000,000 Recovery - Shipyard worker who died from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos containing products and insulation found on steam lines, boilers, pumps and turbines.

$512,750 Recovery - A pipefitter that worked for the railroad for approximately 31 years died from laryngeal cancer and asbestosis after being exposed to asbestos containing products and insulation found on the pipes he worked on.

$373,218 Recovery - A machinist for more than ten years at various shipyards and industrial mechanic for approximately five years died from lung cancer after being exposed to asbestos-containing products throughout his career.

$278,000 - A truck driver at a shipyard for approximately four years, then bricklayer at shipyards and manufacturing and industrial companies for over 38 years died from lung cancer due to years of exposure to asbestos-containing products.

$190,000 Recovery - A former Navy boatswain mate developed severe Asbestosis and Pulmonary Fibrosis after years of exposure beginning in the Navy aboard ships, then working for his father’s construction company working around drywall and joint compound, and then approximately twenty-five years working as an electrician at various power plants, paper mills and manufacturing plants.

              At Terrell Hogan, we have a team of attorneys and legal assistants dedicated solely to Asbestos Litigation for over thirty years, allowing us to give each our clients the individual attention needed to obtain the best possible results. While we cannot guarantee that every case will recover millions of dollars, our experience, education and dedication have proven to bring jury awards and settlements which are among the highest in the United States. Every case is individual and unique, and the value depends on the number of years of exposure, where an individual was exposed, and what you were exposed to.