Our mesothelioma lawyers are proud to represent mesothelioma victims and their families across the United States, including hardworking men and women in Virginia.
Asbestos exposure is the only known cause of mesothelioma cancer. Throughout the 20th century tons of asbestos were mined in the United States and used in many industries, including Virginia power plants, oil refineries, shipyards, schools and universities. There are also several naturally occurring asbestos deposits in Virginia putting residents at further risk of exposure.
Major cities in Virginia where asbestos exposure is known to have occurred at job sites include:
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Filing a Mesothelioma Claim in Virginia
It is important to know that every state has its own laws and if you wait too long, your claims may be barred.
Our mesothelioma attorneys in Virginia are focused solely on mesothelioma cases, allowing us to be sensitive to the concerns of our clients suffering while navigating the unique legal aspects of these cases and maximizing each client's recovery.
Virginia Mesothelioma Treatment Centers
The following are physicians and cancer centers in Virginia that specialize in the treatment of mesothelioma cancer. If you would like to learn more, CLICK HERE to contact our client service team or call us at 800-300-2919.
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| VCU Massey Cancer Center 401 College Street Richmond, VA 23298 |
University of Virginia Cancer Center 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue Charlottesville, VA 22908 |
Virginia Mesothelioma Physicians
Joan H. Schiller, M.D.
Inova Schar Cancer Institute
3225 Gallows Rd
Fairfax, VA 22031
571-472-0250
Professionally, she is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Eastern Co-Operative Oncology Group, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer as well as founder and president of the National Lung Cancer Partnership. She was also awarded the Andrea L. Simmons Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research.Dr. Joan Schiller is a board certified medical oncologist with over 30 years of clinical experience. She has a special interest in management of lung cancer.
Most recently, Dr. Schiller served as Deputy Director of the Simmons Cancer Center and Chief of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, until coming to Inova in 2016. Dr. Schiller’s research has generated well over 200 publications that she has authored or co-authored, including articles, abstracts, book chapters, books, reviews and invited manuscripts. She has been the principal investigator of numerous clinical trials, and has a major interest in developing better treatment for patients with lung cancer, as well building a robust clinical research program for patients with cancer at Inova.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Schiller currently resides in Vienna, Virginia with her husband and 100 pound black lab. In her spare time she likes to visit her grandson in Baltimore.
Dr. Ryan Gentzler, MD
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 924-9333
Dr. Ryan Gentzler is a thoracic oncologist who treats mesothelioma patients at the University of Virginia Cancer Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Dr. James Isbell, MD, MSCI
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Cardiac Surgery Clinic
Charlottesville, VA 22908
(434) 243-6443
Dr. James M. Isbell is a thoracic surgeon at the University of Virginia Cancer Center in Charlottesville, Virginia where he specializes in treating malignant mesothelioma.
Dr. Christine L. Lau
Thoracic Surgeon
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 924-8016
Dr. Christine L. Lau is a thoracic surgeon involved in mesothelioma treatment at the University of Virginia Cancer Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Mesothelioma Resources
Mesothelioma is a rare and very serious form of cancer found in the lining surrounding the lungs, the stomach, the testes, or the heart. The only known cause of mesothelioma is exposure to asbestos.
It often takes 10 to 60 years after exposure to asbestos before the symptoms of mesothelioma develop. This period of time is referred to as a latency period. Because of the latency period, the disease commonly affects men and women that are at least 50 years of age and that worked with asbestos between 10 and 60 years ago.
- What is Mesothelioma?
- Symptoms of Mesothelioma
- How is Mesothelioma Diagnosed?
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- Types of Mesothelioma
- What are my Legal Rights?
- Contact a Virginia Mesothelioma Lawyer
Virginia Mesothelioma Facts
Today, the use of asbestos and the handling of asbestos materials are regulated in the United States but its use is not banned. It is recognized as a hazardous material and is monitored by OSHA and the EPA but exposure risks still exist. The United States still consumes 30 million pounds of new asbestos per year. Additionally, many old homes, factories, schools, warehouses, and commercial buildings still contain old asbestos products. Naturally occurring asbestos minerals can also be found in the state of Virginia presenting further risk of exposure to residents.
The average incidence rate of mesothelioma in the United States is 1 / 100,000 - the state of Virginia is above the National average with an incidence rate of 1.2 / 100,000.
There are a number of different jobs that caused a larger amount of exposure to asbestos on a more frequent basis. Below you will find today's employment numbers for several of these high risk jobs in Virginia:
| Occupation | 2008 Virginia Employment |
| Construction | 232,288 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 7,760 |
| Electricians | 22,040 |
| Teachers & Instructors | 34,120 |
| Mechanics & Technicians | 23,090 |
| Plumbers, Pipefitters & Steamfitters | 16,850 |
Source: Careerinfonet.org
Virginia Exposure Sites
Many of our clients are unsure of how they could have been exposed to asbestos. We have hired some of the best investigators in the business. Our investigators will track down who was responsible to help ensure that they can be held accountable.
Below is a partial list of Virginia buildings and job sites where asbestos exposure may have occurred. If you or a loved one have mesothelioma, or other asbestos-related injury, and wish to consult a mesothelioma attorney in Virginia about your legal rights to compensation, CLICK HERE for a free consultation or call us at 800-300-2919.
| Abingdon Pet Milk Company Accomac C E Thurston & Sons Inc. Alexandria Alexandria Fluidized Bed Facility Alexandria Hospital Alexandria Industrial Center Alexandria Industrial Center - Colonade Apartments Alexandria Industrial Center - Concord Apartments Alexandria Industrial Center - Forest Glen Medical Alexandria Industrial Center - Hill Office Building Alexandria Light and Power Company Alexandria Powerhouse Braddock Light & Power Company Burton Insulation Company Cameron Station Army Depot City of Alexandria Dyna Color 3M Federal Aviation Association Fruit Growers Express Kraft-Murphy Company Parkfairfax Housing Project Pentagon Powerhouse Potomac Electric & Power Company Potomac River Generation System Protestant Episcopalian Theological Seminary S. & W. Cafeteria Shirley Industrial Center - Anacostia Field House Shirley Industrial Center - Callinade Apartments Shirley Industrial Center - Columbia Union College Shirley Industrial Center - Country Club Tower Shirley Industrial Center - Edison High School Shirley Industrial Center - Heating Plant Shirley Industrial Center - Horizon House Shirley Industrial Center - Ruxton Apartments Shirley Industrial Center - Washington Steam Tunnel Shirley Industrial Center - Woodson High School Shirley Industrial Highway Southern Towers Summer Hill Tower Apartments U.S. Naval Torpedo Station Vepco Power Plant Virginia Public Service Wayne Insulation Company, Inc. Altavista Altavista Finishing Plant Burlington Industries Dominion Energy, Incorporated Klopman Mills L.G. and E. Westmoreland Lane Company, Inc. Ross Laboratories - Abbott Lab Ultrasystems Amoco American Oil Company Virginia Electric & Power Co. Yorktown Unit 3 Amonate Pochahontas Fuel Co Ampthill E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company Humble Oil & Refinery Company Arlington Anderson Orthopedic Hospital Arlington County Treatment Plant Arlington Navy Annex Arlington Towers Bilton Insulation & Supply Cherrydale Methodist Church Colonial Village Apartments Crystal City Center Crystal Plaza Crystal Plaza South Fort Myer Life Science Building Mariott Twin Bridges Marymount College Parkington Shopping Center Pentagon Building Samuel Bernstein Sears & Roebuck Store Shirley Duke Apartments Sid Harvey Washington National Airport Westinghouse Arlington Junction Jacob Dold Packing Company Ashland Bear Island Paper Company Austinville Bertha Mineral Company Aynesboro E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. Basic City Basic City Car Company Bassett Bassett Furniture Industries Bassett-Walker Knitting Company Bedford American Wire Glass Company Bedford Hospital Great American Industries W.A. Falconer Bedford County Bedford Court House Liberty High School Staunton River High School Bellwood James River Plant Reynolds Metals Co. Bentonville Stauffer Chemical Company Berkley Ford Motor Company Norfolk Portland Cement Corporation Bermuda Hundred American Tobacco Company Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation Hurstbourne Highrise Office Building Hydronautics, Incorporated I.C.I. America, Incorporated R.C. Plant Big Island Bedford Pulp and Paper Company Big Island Paper Mill Georgia Pacific Corporation National Container Corporation of Virginia Owens Illinois Papermill Owens-Illinois Glass Company Big Stone Gap Westmoreland Coal Co. Bishop Consolidated Coal Company Pocahontas Fuel Company Blacksburg Blacksburg Insulation Corning Glass Works Radford College Virginia Polytechnic Institute - various buildings Bland Bland Elementary School Blue Ridge Blue Ridge School Bluefield Carr China Company Bluemont Federal Emergency Management Agency Bolt Ranger Fuel Co. Bremo Bluff Bremo Bluff Power Station Dominion Resources Dominion Virginia Power Virginia Electric & Power Co. Virginia Power and Light Company Virginia Public Service Company Bridgewater CE Thurston & Sons Bristol Bristol Memorial Hospital Columbian Paper Company Dealers Warehouse Electric Transmission Company Grey Hosiery Mills Paty Lumber Company, Inc. Valley Dale Packing Company Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company Brooklyn Bibb Manufacturing Company Brookneal Brookneal Finishing Plant Burlington Industries Dan River, Inc. Buena Vista Allegheny Ore and Iron Company AO&I Company Plant Buena Vista Fire Clay Company Dickinson Fire Brick Company General Cable Corporation Reeves Brothers Inc. Ultrasystems Camp Lipshur Quantico Marine Barracks / U.S. Navy Caney William Ritter Lumber Company Cape Charles New York Philadelphia & Norfolk Railway Company North Central Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad System Carbo Appalachian Electric Power Company Appalachian Power Company Division of AEP Appalachian Power, Steam Plant Clinch River Plant, Unit #3 Celco Celanese Fibers Co. Centreville Centreville Elementary School Chantilly Dulles International Airport Charlottesville Blue Ridge Sanatorium Charlottesville and Albermarle Railway Company Institute of Textile Technology Martha Jefferson Hospital Noland Co. North Site Junior High School O'Ferral, Incorporated University of Virginia - various buildings Williams Residence Chesapeake Dominion Virginia Power Vepco, Portsmouth Power Station Virginia Electric & Power Co. Volvo of America Corporation Chester American Tobacco Company Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation Chesterfield Power Station Honeywell, Incorporated Philip Morris USA Virginia Electric & Power Co. Chesterfield Allied Chemical & Dye Corp. Allied Signal Chesterfield Power Station Dutch Gap Powerhouse (Vepco) E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company Ed Turner Excavating Honeywell Chesterfield County Bermuda Hundred - Plant B Daniel Construction Co. Chincoteague Auxiliary Air Station Chincoteague Naval Air Station Christianburg Corning Glass Works Corpus Christi Army Depot Montgomery County Hospital Claremont Hercules Powder Clarksville Burlington Industries Clarksville Finishing Plant Colonial Mills, Inc. Cleveland Appalachian Electric Power Co. Appalachian Power Company Division of AEP Clinch River Power Plant Clifton Forge Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company General Electric Gladys Inn Hotel YMCA Clinch River Appalachian Power Company Division of AEP Clinchfield Clinchfield Coal Company International Coal Products Corporation Clintwood Clinchfield Coal Company Cloverdale Lone Star Cement Corporation Coeburn Lowes of Coeburn Cola West Clinchfield Coal Company Collinsville Pittsburgh-Des Moines Colony Lynchburg State Colony - Central Heating Plant Lynchburg Training School Covington Applied Extrusion Technologies Covington Paper Mill Frank Lyman Hercules Powder Co. Low Moor Iron Company Virginia Pulp and Paper West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. Westvaco Corp. Westvaco Papermill Craigsville Leigh Portland Cement Virginia Portland Cement Company Crewe Norfolk and Western Railway Company Roanoke Western Railroad Crimora Crimora Manganese Company Culpeper Culpeper Light and Ice Company Major and Nalle Daleville Lone Star Cement Corporation Dante Clinchfield Coal Company Danville City of Danville - Brantley Steam Station City of Danville Electric Light Department Collins Granite Company Dan River Mills Inc. Dan River Power and Manufacturing Company Dan River, Incorporated Danville Laundry Company Danville Railway and Electric Company Dibrell Brothers Drorell Brothers Tobacco Company Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Memorial Hospital Plumbing & Mill Supplies Inc. Star Laundry Company Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Company Virginia Tobacco Dismal River Island Creek Coal Co. Virginia Pocahontas Div. Dorchester Colonial Coal and Coke Company Dorchester Junction Wise Coal and Coke Company Doswell Bear Island Paper Company Evans Products Company Dublin Burlington Mills Corporation New River Ordnance Plant Staten River Finishing Co. - New Bern Plant Duffield Foote Mineral Company Dulles Dulles International Airport Dumfries Atlantic Richfield - Cockpit Point Possum Point Power Station - VEPCO Virginia Electric & Power Company Dutch Gap Chesterfield Power Station #5 Virginia Electric Power Co. (Vepco) East Radford Norfolk and Western Railway Company Roanoke Western Railroad Edinburg Aileen, Inc. Shenandoah County Manufacturing, Inc. Elkington Merck Chemical Elkton Merck & Company, Inc. Emory Emory and Henry College Emporia Emporia Plywood Plant Georgia Pacific Corporation Fairfax Ashleigh Condominiums C & P Telephone Fairfax County Hospital Melpar Office Building Springfield Mall, J.C. Penney's Fairmont Owens Illinois Falls Church American Standard, Inc. Fairfax Hospital Farmville Corporation of Farmville Farmville Electric Light Plant Longwood College Ferrum Ferrum Junior College, Bassett Hall Fieldale Fieldcrest Mills Division Marshall Fields & Company Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. (aka Carolina Cotton Mill) Martin Processing Towel Mill Fisherville Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, Dining Hall Floyd Hollingsworth and Vose Company Fordwick Fordwick Co. Lehigh Portland Cement Company Fort Belvoir Dewitt Army Hospital Fort Belvoir Ft. Belvoir Barracks Post Signal Bldg. 246 Fort Eustis Army Barracks Fort Lee Ft. Lee, Academic Building Fort Monroe 10 Non-Commissioned Officers Quarters Fort Myer Ft. Myer Buildings 517 & 51 Four Mile Run Washington Mount Vernon and Alexandria Railway Franconia GSA Supply Distribution Facility Region #3 - Stores Depot Franklin Camp Manufacturing Company Chesapeake Camp Corporation Dominion Energy, Incorporated Franklin Paper Mill Hercules Incorporated Hercules Powder Co. International Paper Nbr Recovery Boiler Radford Arsenal Union Bag Camp Paper Corp. Union Camp Manufacturing Company Western Craft Corp. Fredericksburg American Viscose Corporation American Viscose Plant City of Fredericksburg Delco Moraine Division of General Motors Corporation Fmc Corporation Southern Railway Supply Co. Sylvania Industrial Corp. Fremount Clinchfield Coal Company Front Royal American Viscose Corporation Fmc Corporation General Chemical Company Galax Burlington Mills Carnation Company Galax Knitting Co. Hanes Corporation Harris-Marshall Hosiery Mills Ray Alderman's Residence Vaughan Bassett Furniture Co. Glasco Glasco Elementary School Glasgow Burlington Industries, Inc. James Lee and Sons Company Locker Brick Company Glen Lyn American Electric Power Service Corporation Appalachian Electric Power Co. Glen Lyn Plant Virginia Electric & Power Company Glen Wilton D.S. Cook, Princess Furnace Princess Furnace Company Glouster Point Deepsea Ventures Inc. Goshen Chapman Iron, Coal and Coke Company Goshen Furnace Corporation Goshen Iron Company Grant Town Eastern Associated Coal Corporation Gund Island Creek Coal Co. Virginia Pocahontas Div. Hallwood Taylor Packing Company Hamilton Island Creek Coal Company Hampton Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department Diamond Inc. Dixie Hospital Fort Eustis Hampton Institute Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute Hampton Roads Railway and Electric Company Langley Air Force Base Langley Field NASA Langley Research Center National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Newport News & Hampton Railway Gas & Electric Co. Peninsular Pure Water Company Southern Branch United States Aviation Gas Plant Veterans Administration Home Virginia Electric and Power Company Virginia Medical Center Virginia Public Service Company West Heating Plant Harford Hercules Powder Co. Harrisonburg Madison College - various building Rockingham Motor Corporation Space Conditioning Inc. Hastings Hope Natural Gas Company Henry Blue Ridge Talc Herndon Dulles International Airport Fairfax Country Water Authority Hopewell Allied Chemical & Dye Corp. Allied Signal, Incorporated American Tobacco Co. American Water Works & Electric Company Atmoshperic Nitrogen Corporation Bermuda Hundred - Plant B Bridgestone Caudle Inc. Celanese Corporation of America Chesterfield Plant Continental Can Company Continental Group Dominion Energy, Incorporated E.I. DuPont De Nemours Powder Company Fibers Division of Allied Chemical Corporation Firestone Synthetic Fibers Co. Firestone Tire & Rubber Hercules Powder Co. Honeywell Hummel-Ross Fiber Corporation Ici Americas, Inc. Imperial Chemical Co. (Ici Americas) McgrawâMorgan Inc. National Aniline Division - Plant "A" Nitrogen Division Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation Smurfit Stone Corp. Solvay Process Company Stone Container Corporation Ultrasystems Hot Springs Virginia Hot Springs Company Virginia Hot Springs Hotel Company Hurt Burlington Industries, Incorporated Independence City Firestone Synthetic Fibers Company Institute Unin Carbide & Carbon Corp. Ivanhoe New River Mineral Company Jarratt Power Plant Southern Johns Manville Products Corporation Georgia Pacific Corporation Jewell Valley Jewell Ridge Coal Company Keen Mountain Beatrice Pocahontas Coal Company Island Creek Coal Co. Virginia Pocahontas Div. Kimballton Chemical Lime Company National Gypsum Co. - Brice Building Co. Klotz Virginia Railway Company Lancaster Lancaster Intermediate School Langley Central Intelligence Agency Building NASA Langley Research Center Langley Field National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Lebanon Lebanon Furnaces Russell County Jail Lee Hall Badische Corporation (aka Dow Chemical- James River) Dow Badische Co. Dow Chemical Co. Lexington Stonewall Jackson Hospital Virginia Military Institute Washington and Lee University Virginia Military Institute College Washington & Lee University Little Creek United States War Department, Camp Bradford US Amphibious Base Lorton Davis Iron and Metals Department of Corrections, D.C. District of Columbia Government Fairfax City Water Authority Lorton Detention Center Louisa North Anna Nuclear Power Plant Louisa County Vepco, North Anna Power Station Low Moor Low Moor Iron Company Rich Patch Iron & Ore Company Luray Valley Land and Improvement Company Potomac Edison Co. Lynchburg Associated Terminal Atomic Energy Division Babcock & Wilcox Company B-W Atomic Energy Plant Charles V. Buqq Cleland Co. Consolidated Textile Corporation E.J. Lavino and Company Glamorgan Pipe & Foundry Company John H. Heald Company Lynchburg and Rivermount Street Railway Lynchburg College - Two Boys Dormitories Lynchburg Cotton Mill Company Lynchburg Foundry Company Lynchburg Gas Company Lynchburg Railway and Lighting Company Lynchburg Traction and Light Company Mead Paper Company Meredith/Burda, Inc. Millstead Boiler & Engineering Co. Monroe Construction Naval Nuclear Fuel Division Oriskany Ore and Iron Corporation Paul E. Styles Plastering Company R.R. Donnelley Radford Shell Foundry Randolph Macon Woman’s College State Hospital Manassas IBM Facility Manchester Manchester Water Works Mappsville N. A. S. A. - N. A. S. A. Boat Dock Marion General Shale Products Corporation Southwestern State Hospital Martinsville Bassett & Walker Company C E Thurston & Sons Inc. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. Fibreboard Container Company Martinsville General Hospital Walker Knitting Co. Max Meadows Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company Mcclure Clinchfield Coal Company W.M. Ritter Lumber Company Mclean Ray Flynn Residence Westgate Research Park Projects Mechanicsville Fearnow Brothers Cannery Richmond Coliseum Milford Keller Extrusions Mineral Arminius Chemical Company Monterey Highland Co. School Under Construction Myrtle County Ivanhoe Furnace P.O. Narrows Appalachian Electric Power Co. - Old Tannery Track Celanese Acetate Celanese Corporation of America Celanese Fibers Co. Foster Wheeler Co., Celanese Corporation The Virginian Railway Co. New Church Apex Chemtech, Llc Kmx Chemical Corp. Newport Newport News & Hampton Railway Gas & Electric Co. Newport News America [Ship] American Challenger/Hull Number 557 [Ship] American Chieftain/Hull Number 560 [Ship] Amoco Oil Amsterdam Arkansas (USS) Ashville Mica Atlantic Prestige/Hull Number 564 [Ship] Atlantic Trader/Hull Number 475 [Ship] Augusta Babcock & Wilcox Biloxi Boise California/Hull Number 498 [Ship] CE Thurston & Sons Charleston (USS) Citizens Street Railway, Light & Power Company Clemson Coastal New York Connecticut Consolidated Coal Davco Corp. (Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.) Delaware Dredge Icoa/Hull Number 95 [Ship] Durham (USS) El Paso/Hull Number 526 [Ship] Emerald Seas/Hull Number 276 [Ship] Esso Baton Rouge/Hull Number 4306 [Ship] Esso Bermuda/Hull Number 482 [Ship] Esso Gettysburg/Hull Number 519 [Ship] Esso Houston/Hull Number 573 [Ship] Esso Huntington/Hull Number 503 [Ship] Esso New Orleans (continued in next column) |
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