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Lifetime Plant Worker with Mesothelioma Trusted the Simmons Law Firm

You have to make a decision, and you have to trust each other. And, that’s the only way things can work. And we trusted Simmons and Randy.

Dale was just like any steady, hard-working Midwest man. He’d been married to the same pretty girl for 48 years, lived in the same Midwest town for decades, and eventually retired from his job at a packaging plant after 36 years.

After a lifetime of hard work, he was enjoying retirement: traveling with his wife Betty, spending time with his grandchildren and taking long morning walks. That was cut short, when his lung filled with fluid. Doctors performed a biopsy and discovered mesothelioma cells.

“The doctors said that all we know is that (mesothelioma) is caused by asbestos exposure,” Dale said during a 2010 video interview. “In my case it was about 40 years ago."

 During the 1970s, the packaging company made steam panels for Oscar Meyer that were insulated in asbestos. “At that period of time, we didn’t know anything about asbestos causing this problem,” Dale remembered. “But I guess we do now.”

The couple was told to find legal help. It’s was tough decision, Betty said, but they needed to pay Dale’s medical bills. “You have to make a decision and you have to trust each other and that’s the only way things can work,” she said.

Click the video above to listen to Betty and Dale tell their story and how the Simmons Law Firm was able to help them. In August 2010, Dale passed away from mesothelioma. This video is dedicated to his memory.

* Please note that recovery results vary per client. The recovery amounts in each case reflect the specific facts of that case. Further, recovery amounts in past cases are not a guarantee of future results.