LIVERMORE LABS WORKERS POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO TOXIC METAL DUST: CALL AN ATTORNEY
For those people who have been injured on the job, they are eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, or possibly damages in a negligence case (although in many cases in order to file a worker’s compensation claim, you are signing away your rights to file a separate suit). However, if an employee has been injured on the job because of exposure to a toxic substance, then he/she may have a worker’s compensation claim as well as a third party negligence case. In this specific case, filing a worker’s compensation claim does not stop you from filing a negligence case against your employer.
Livermore Labs, located in Livermore, California, has been investigating whether hundreds of its workers has been exposed to a toxic metal dust, metal beryllium. There have been approximately five different incidents involving the metal dust since 2000. The most significant of which occurred in a four year period between 2002 and 2006 when 178 construction workers were exposed to beryllium as they were retrofitting one of the buildings. These construction workers were not notified of the exposure to the metal dust for more than a year after the building was completed, and many have yet to see the official lab report on the incident.
Our attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP can help you obtain workers’ compensation benefits, and help you determine if you are entitled to damages in a civil lawsuit. We only represent clients and the families of wrongful death victims whose injury or loss occurred in the state of California. Please call us now at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation. Visit our website www.alawpro.com to read more on workers’ compensation.
For more information on Workers’ Compensation claims and negligence lawsuits against employers, please go to Part II: TOXIC EXPOSURE MAY LEAD TO LIABILITY FOR LIVERMORE LABS
