Asbestos Exposure in Tacoma and Pierce County, Washington

People were exposed to asbestos in Tacoma and Pierce County, Washington in a variety of ways. First and foremost, on the Tacoma waterfront, there was a port industrial area and there was paper manufacturing that occurred in the port industrial area. There was a ship decommissioning that was taking place in the port industrial area at various locations including a place called Zidell Dismantling which was in the port industrial yard. There were other ship building operations in the port industrial yards that used asbestos both on ship and on land. In addition, Tacoma had other industries such as foundries, steel mills, and other locations that utilized asbestos materials where people were exposed to asbestos. People also could be exposed to asbestos in Tacoma working general construction trades at various locations such as schools, commercial buildings, people working as carpenters, electricians, general laborers, asbestos materials were used in those locations throughout Tacoma and Pierce County. There was a case that we filed where a person worked at Zidell Dismantling that took apart insulation materials that came off of Navy ships. Zidell Dismantling would purchase decommissioned Navy ships, bring them to Tacoma, tie them up to the dock, and then take them apart and scrap them either for their metal, for their components. And our client worked as a laborer taking insulation off the ship. And we were able to obtain an $11.2 million verdict in Pierce County in Tacoma for this person who was a resident of Pierce County. So if you or a loved one has worked in the port industrial yard of Tacoma and were exposed to asbestos and contracted an asbestos disease, call Oslund Udo Little.