– Excerpt from an actual New York television commercial, August 2014.
“If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer due to asbestos, you have important legal rights and may be entitled to valuable financial compensation…”
- Excerpt from an actual television commercial that I have heard aired in my home state of Florida, July 2015.
As someone who enjoys watching local television programming, I have seen countless commercials like these aired for years during various television shows, and many other advertisements for mesothelioma and asbestos related lawsuits on the radio, online, and in print in things such as newspapers and magazines. Seeing and hearing all of these peculiar advertisements for this medical condition called “mesothelioma” made me curious: what exactly is this condition? Why exactly is it featured in so many advertisements for class action lawsuit for those that have been affected by it? Why should I as just one college student and the public in general be concerned about it and its dangers?
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However, I never would have guessed the impact that my reading would have on me as “just a college student,” that not only allowed me to partake in this opportunity, but to better understand why both the commercials and advertisements throughout the media take the matter of mesothelioma so seriously. All while making me a more informed citizen and better able to emphasize with families of mesothelioma victims such as the Egertons and Smitleys across the