{"id":4142,"date":"2021-12-16T14:15:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pavlakis-moschos.gr\/?page_id=4142"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:51:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T16:51:54","slug":"asbestos-litigation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pavlakis-moschos.gr\/en\/personal-injury\/asbestos-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"ASBESTOS LITIGATION"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pavlakis \u2013 Moschos & Associates is a leading law firm in Greece handling asbestos related personal injury cases. We have represented and successfully pursued the claims of workers who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung and intestine cancer, asbestosis, as well as their families, when these diseases have proved fatal. Our involvement included the handling of cases in following areas:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. All steam warships used by the <\/span>Hellenic Navy<\/b> for decades and having been conceded to Greece by the United States Navy after the war, had asbestos insulation to their boilers, engines, turbines, pipings etc. \u03a4he Greek Naval officers and crew who worked and lived and participated in repairs and maintenance of asbestos insulated parts of the ships, were heavily exposed to the damaging effects of this substance. Since the health damage due to asbestos exposure may not be diagnosed until after twenty or thirty years, it is only lately that these officers started presenting serious health problems, including asbestosis, lung and intestine cancer and mesothelioma.Our law firm has successfully represented and continues being involved in the handling of the affected Hellenic Navy Officers\u2019 claims <\/span>against the US asbestos containing equipment manufacturing companies and bankruptcy trusts<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Warships have unfortunately not been the only ones where crews and passengers have been exposed to asbestos. The majority of <\/span>commercial ships and passenger ships<\/b> worldwide have in the past decades contained asbestos insulation materials in machinery, accommodation and kitchen and other areas and persons who worked in these ships have been heavily exposed to this harmful material, resulting often to serious health problems, which are diagnosed many years after the exposure. <\/span>Our law firm has handled and we are presently pursuing claims of merchant shipping officers and seafarers who suffered mesothelioma or cancer due to exposure to asbestos while serving onboard commercial ships. The claims are pursued in Greek or in the most appropriate and beneficial jurisdiction, whether in Europe or in the USA, in collaboration with specialized foreign colleagues.<\/li>\n
  3. Mesothelioma and other severe health problems, caused by the exposure to asbestos at work, are unfortunately not rare among seafarers, engineers, carpenters, electricians and other <\/span>workers<\/b> who have been employed at <\/span>Greek Naval and <\/b>repair yards and sites<\/b>, such as Hellenic Shipyards at Skaramanga<\/span><\/a>, Souda, Crete shipyard but also at various other industrial sites. Our lawfirm is expert in handling and pursuing such cases in Greek courts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section>
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