New Mexico Toxic Exposure and Dangerous Industry Injury Lawyers: Fighting for the Silica, Radiation, and Asbestos Victims of the Land of Enchantment

You didn’t know. For twenty years, thirty years, maybe longer—you went to work in the Grants Uranium Belt, you pulled shifts at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, or you maintained the heavy equipment in the Permian Basin. You did your job, provided for your family, and came home every night. Nobody told you the dust you breathed at the mine, the invisible radiation you handled at the labs, or the white fibers on the pipes at the power plant would one day try to kill you. You didn’t know that the “dry cough” or the “tightness in your chest” wasn’t just a sign of getting older—it was the biological result of corporate betrayal. Now you know. And now you have rights.

There is a specific word for what happened to you or your loved one. It isn’t “bad luck.” It isn’t “genetics.” It is “exposure,” and in New Mexico, it has been an occupational epidemic for generations. Whether you are a veteran of the Cold War nuclear programs, a railroad worker on the BNSF lines, or an oilfield worker in Lea or Eddy County, the illnesses you are facing are often the direct result of a corporation choosing profit over your life.

At Attorney 911, we believe that when a company poisons a worker or a community, they shouldn’t be allowed to hide behind a team of adjusters or a bankruptcy filing. We are a senior litigation team led by Ralph Manginello, who brings 27+ years of experience and federal court admission to every case. We aren’t just another personal injury firm; we are a dedicated task force for the injured. Our team includes Lupe Peña, a former insurance defense attorney who spent years on the other side of these claims. He knows exactly how big corporations and their insurers in New Mexico evaluate, minimize, and attempt to deny toxic exposure claims. He moved to our side because he wanted to use that insider playbook to help people like you—the people who actually built this country.

If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), silicosis, or any disease linked to New Mexico’s industrial history, you need a team that understands both the science of your illness and the law of your recovery. You are standing at the discovery of a lifetime of betrayal. We are here to carry the fight for you.

Call 1-888-ATTY-911 for a free, confidential case evaluation. We work on a contingency fee basis, which means you pay us nothing upfront and nothing at all unless we win your case.

The Science of Discovery: How New Mexico’s Industrial Toxins Destroy Health at the Cellular Level

To win a toxic exposure case in New Mexico, you have to prove more than just that you were sick. You have to prove that a specific substance caused a specific change in your body. Most law firms avoid the science because it’s hard. We lead with it because it’s how we win. When we go up against defendants like the Department of Energy contractors, multi-national oil companies, or asbestos manufacturers, we use their own medical data against them.

Asbestos and the Biological Trap

Asbestos isn’t a single mineral; it’s a group of silicate fibers that are virtually indestructible. In New Mexico’s older power plants, schools, and refineries, chrysotile and amphibole fibers were used in everything from pipe lagging to floor tiles. When these materials are disturbed—during a renovation in Albuquerque or a maintenance turnaround at a refinery—they release microscopic fibers into the air.

Once inhaled, asbestos fibers measuring five micrometers or longer travel deep into the alveolar regions of your lungs. Because they are needle-like and chemically resistant, your body cannot break them down. Your immune system sends specialized cells called macrophages to engulf and destroy these foreign particles. This is where the biological tragedy begins: the fibers are too long for the macrophages to swallow. This leads to what we call “frustrated phagocytosis.”

The macrophages die trying to destroy the fiber, releasing inflammatory cytokines like TNF-alpha and IL-1beta, along with reactive oxygen species (ROS). This creates a permanent state of chronic inflammation in the mesothelial lining (the pleura) of the lungs. Over a latency period of 20 to 50 years, this constant oxidative stress causes repeated DNA damage and inactivates critical tumor suppressor genes like BAP1 and p16. Eventually, those damaged cells undergo malignant transformation. That is the documented mechanism of mesothelioma. It is a cancer built by decades of corporate silence.

Radiation and the Grants Uranium Legacy

New Mexico is the “Uranium Capital of the World.” From the 1940s through the 1990s, workers in the Grants Uranium Belt and the San Juan Basin mined and milled the ore that powered the nation’s nuclear arsenal. These workers were exposed to ionizing radiation in the form of radon gas and uranium dust.

Unlike other toxins, ionizing radiation doesn’t need to be handled to cause harm. It emits alpha and beta particles that literally tear through human tissue. When you inhale radioactive dust, alpha particles collide with the atoms in your DNA, causing double-strand breaks. If your cells fail to repair these breaks perfectly, the genetic code is rewritten. This can lead to lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, and various forms of leukemia. For many New Mexicans who lived “downwind” of the Trinity Site or worked in the mines, these mutations have been accumulating for decades. Under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), specialized pathways for payment exist because the government finally acknowledged this scientific reality.

Benzene: The Invisible Threat in the New Mexico Oilfield

In the Permian Basin of Southeast New Mexico, benzene is a constant, invisible companion to oil and gas production. It is a natural component of crude oil and is produced during refining and processing. If you worked as a pumper, a gauger, or at a processing plant in Hobbs or Carlsbad, you likely breathed benzene vapors daily.

Benzene is remarkably dangerous because of how your body processes it. Your liver metabolizes benzene into benzene oxide, which then converts into muconaldehyde and hydroquinone. These metabolites concentrate in your bone marrow—the “factory” where your blood is produced. These compounds attack the hematopoietic stem cells, causing specific chromosomal translocations like t(8;21). This isn’t just a general cancer; it’s a molecular signature of benzene exposure. This damage triggers Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) or Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). By the time you feel fatigued, notice bruising, or are diagnosed with low blood counts, the benzene has already rewritten your bone marrow’s DNA.

Mesothelioma: New Mexico’s Latent Crisis

Mesothelioma is the signature disease of the asbestos industry. It is uniquely aggressive, and for the families of New Mexico, it is a diagnosis that changes everything in an instant. Because it has a latency period of up to 50 years, workers who retired from the shipyards or the construction trades decades ago are being diagnosed today.

The Types of Mesothelioma

• Pleural Mesothelioma: The most common form, affecting the lining of the lungs. Symptoms include persistent chest pain, a dry cough, and increasing shortness of breath as fluid builds up in the pleural space (pleural effusion).
• Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Affects the lining of the abdominal cavity. This form is often linked to the ingestion of asbestos fibers and causes severe abdominal pain, swelling, and unexplained weight loss.
• Pericardial and Testicular Mesothelioma: Rarer forms affecting the lining of the heart and the testicles, respectively.

The New Mexico Exposure Map

Exposure didn’t happen in a vacuum. It happened at specific job sites across the state. If you worked at any of the following, you were likely exposed to asbestos:

• Power Plants: Units like the San Juan Generating Station or Four Corners Power Plant used massive amounts of asbestos insulation on boilers, turbines, and high-heat piping.
• Construction Sites: Before 1980, nearly every commercial building in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Las Cruces contained asbestos in joint compound, spray-on fireproofing, and floor tiles.
• Refineries and Chemical Plants: Facilities in the Artesia or Gallup areas used asbestos gaskets, packing, and insulation throughout their process units.
• Schools and Public Buildings: Maintenance workers, custodians, and teachers in older New Mexico public schools were often exposed to friable asbestos during routine maintenance or renovations.

As Ralph Manginello explains in his million-dollar case criteria, mesothelioma cases are often valued highly because the liability is clear and the damages are catastrophic. If you have been diagnosed, you shouldn’t have to worry about how to pay for treatment at centers like MD Anderson or UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center. You should be focused on your health while we focus on the $30 billion in asbestos trust funds established to help people like you.

Call 888-ATTY-911 today for a free case evaluation. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes, but we have recovered millions of dollars for victims of corporate negligence, and we are ready to fight for you.

New Mexico’s Dangerous Industries and Your Rights to Recovery

We don’t just handle the substance; we handle the setting. In New Mexico, different industries carry different legal frameworks, and knowing which one applies to you is the difference between a denied claim and a multi-million-dollar recovery.

The Uranium and Nuclear Worker Rights (RECA & EEOICPA)

New Mexico is home to Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories. Thousands of New Mexicans served as civilian contractors at these sites, handling plutonium, beryllium, and other radioactive materials.

• The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA): This federal law provides lump-sum compensation ($150,000 to $400,000+) and medical benefits to employees of the Department of Energy and its contractors who became ill as a result of their work.
• The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA): RECA provides payments to “downwinders” and uranium miners who developed specific cancers.

Many workers believe these federal programs are their only hope. They aren’t. At Attorney 911, we investigate whether third-party contractors—the companies that manufactured faulty safety equipment or the corporations that knowingly provided contaminated materials—can be sued for additional damages. Why leave money on the table when a third-party claim could be worth five times the federal statutory amount?

Oilfield Injuries and Toxic Silica

The fracking boom in the New Mexico portion of the Permian Basin brought jobs, but it also brought a new wave of toxic exposure: crystalline silica. Frack sand contains up to 99% silica. When that sand is handled, it creates a fine dust that is inhaled by everyone on the pad.

Silica causes a progressive, irreversible lung disease called silicosis. The microscopic crystals pierce the lung tissue, creating fibrotic scars. As these scars accumulate, your lungs lose their elasticity. You lose the ability to breathe. If you worked on a frack crew in Lea County and now have “frackers’ lung,” you may have a claim against the sand supplier or the equipment manufacturer for failing to provide adequate dust suppression or warnings.

Railroad Workers and FELA (Federal Employers Liability Act)

Railroads like BNSF have been the backbone of New Mexico’s economy for over a century. If you were a conductor, engineer, or machinist, you weren’t covered by standard workers’ compensation. Instead, you are protected by FELA (45 USC §§ 51-60).

Under FELA, you have the right to sue your railroad employer directly for negligence. This is a much more powerful right than workers’ comp. You can recover for 100% of your lost wages, future earning capacity, and pain and suffering. If you were exposed to asbestos in locomotives or diesel exhaust in the railyards of Belen, Clovis, or Gallup, FELA is your pathway to justice. As Ralph Manginello explains in his podcast, railroad negligence only needs to play “any part, even the slightest,” in causing your injury to trigger a payout.

Construction and Scaffold Falls

High-rise construction in Albuquerque and large-scale industrial builds across the state involve significant risks from scaffolding and falls. In New Mexico, if you fall from a scaffold because it wasn’t properly erected or lacked guardrails, you have more than just a workers’ comp claim. You likely have a third-party claim against the general contractor or the scaffold company. These third-party claims have no “caps” on damages, meaning you can recover the full value of your life and livelihood.

The corporations that run these job sites have teams of lawyers. With Lupe Peña on our team, you have an insider who knows exactly how those defense lawyers think. We don’t just file papers; we build trial-ready cases that force insurance companies to pay.

Corporate Concealment: The Documents That Prove They Knew

It is one thing to say a company was careless. It is another to prove they were criminal. In many toxic exposure cases, we can prove that the defendants knew their products were killing people and chose to hide the evidence for years.

The Sumner Simpson Letters (1935)

In 1935, the president of Raybestos-Manhattan, Sumner Simpson, wrote to the vice president of Johns-Manville, suggesting that the industry should stop publishing news about the dangers of asbestos. The VP’s response? “The less said about asbestos, the better off we are.” Those companies kept using asbestos for another 40 years, knowing full well it was causing asbestosis and cancer.

The Monsanto Papers and Roundup

Monsanto’s internal documents, revealed through litigation, showed that the company ghostwrote scientific studies to make Roundup appear safer than it was. They actively worked to discredit the World Health Organization’s IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) classification of glyphosate as a “probable human carcinogen.” If you used Roundup at your New Mexico farm or ranch and developed Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, we use these documents to prove the company’s “willful and wanton” disregard for your safety.

3M and the PFAS Memos

PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” are used in firefighting foams at New Mexico military bases like Cannon AFB and Holloman AFB. Internal 3M memos from the 1970s show the company knew these chemicals accumulated in human blood and caused health problems in animals. They didn’t tell the EPA until decades later. Today, these chemicals are contaminating New Mexico’s groundwater, affecting dairy farmers near Clovis and families across the state.

When a company hides the truth, they shouldn’t just pay for your medical bills—they should pay punitive damages to ensure they never do it again. Attorney 911 uses these “smoking gun” documents to maximize the value of your case.

Multiple Compensation Pathways: Maximizing Your Recovery

One of the biggest mistakes New Mexico victims make is thinking they can only file one type of claim. Most firms only look for the easiest payout. We look for every possible source of money.

If you have mesothelioma, your “Compensation Stack” might look like this:

1. Asbestos Trust Funds: We can file claims with 10 to 15 different bankrupt manufacturers simultaneously.
2. Personal Injury Lawsuit: We sue the solvent companies (like John Crane or certain refineries) that are still in business.
3. Workers’ Compensation: If you were exposed at your primary employer, you may still be entitled to these benefits.
4. VA Disability: If you are a veteran, your service-connected mesothelioma entitles you to tax-free monthly compensation.
5. RECA/EEOICPA: If you were a nuclear or uranium worker, these federal programs add another layer of recovery.

By pursuing all pathways at once, we ensure that you and your family are provided for long-term. You spent your life working for these companies; it’s time they paid for what they took from you.

Call 1-888-ATTY-911 for a free, no-obligation consultation. The consultation is free, and we only get paid if you get paid.

The Evidence Preservation Protocol: Why Time Is Your Enemy

In a car accident, evidence is on the road. In toxic exposure, evidence is in filing cabinets, in the memories of co-workers, and in the air ducts of old buildings. This evidence disappears every day.

Companies in New Mexico go out of business. Records are “accidentally” shredded during mergers. Former co-workers retire and move away. Most importantly, your health or the health of your loved one is deteriorating. In mesothelioma cases, where the median survival is often less than two years, we don’t have time to wait.

The moment you hire Attorney 911, we trigger our Multi-Phase Litigation Protocol:

• Immediate Triage: We gather your full work history and identify every potential source of exposure from Grants to Hobbs.
• Spoliation Demands: We send legal notices to your former employers and chemical suppliers, demanding they preserve all safety records, industrial hygiene reports, and OSHA logs.
• Witness Archeology: We track down the people you worked with decades ago to secure their testimony before it’s lost to time.
• Expert Retention: We hire world-class oncologists, industrial hygienists, and toxicologists to build the scientific foundation of your case.

As Ralph explains in his podcast episode on the statute of limitations, the discovery rule in New Mexico starts the clock at the moment of your diagnosis. But that clock moves fast. Don’t let the corporations wait you out.

Why Choose Attorney 911? The Insider Advantage in New Mexico

Every law firm has a billboard. Not every law firm has a former insurance defense insider.

Lupe Peña spent years inside the machine. She knows how insurance companies in the Southwest look for excuses to deny a claim. They’ll look for a history of smoking to blame your lung cancer. They’ll argue you weren’t at the job site during a specific year. They’ll try to say “everyone has some PFAS in their blood.” Lupe knows these tactics because she used to be in the room when they were developed. She switched sides because she saw how the system was rigged against honest workers. Now, she uses that knowledge to find the weaknesses in their defense.

Ralph Manginello isn’t just the name on the door; he is the trial attorney who will handle your case. With admission to the Southern District of Texas and experience in some of the largest refinery litigation in history, he has the pedigree to take on any corporate defendant in America. We aren’t a settlement mill that signs 5,000 cases and never calls you back. We are a boutique litigation firm where you get the managing partner’s personal cell phone number.

As one of our 272+ verified Google reviewers, Stephanie H., shared: “She and her team were beyond amazing!!! She took all the weight of my worries off my shoulders… I just really made me feel like I mattered throughout the entire process.” That is the Attorney 911 difference. We treat our clients like family because we know you’ve already been betrayed by the companies you gave your life to.

New Mexico Toxic Exposure FAQ

Can I still file a claim if my exposure was 40 years ago?

Yes. Legal deadlines for toxic exposure (the statute of limitations) typically follow the “discovery rule.” This means the time limit doesn’t start when you were exposed; it starts when you were diagnosed or when you first learned your illness was caused by the toxin. Even if you worked at a New Mexico uranium mine in the 1960s, a diagnosis today could still give you a valid legal claim.

What if I don’t know exactly which products I was exposed to?

That is our job to find out. We reconstruct your work history using union records, Social Security employment histories, and co-worker depositions. We have access to massive databases of asbestos-containing products and chemical process lists used at New Mexico industrial sites. You tell us where you worked; we’ll figure out what was there.

Will filing a lawsuit affect my Social Security or VA benefits?

Generally, no. Personal injury settlements and trust fund payments are separate from your Social Security Disability or VA benefits. In many cases, these legal recoveries are not even taxable. We work with financial planners to ensure your settlement is structured to protect your eligibility for other programs.

I’m worried about my immigration status. Can I still sue?

Your immigration status has absolutely no impact on your right to seek compensation for a workplace injury or toxic exposure in the United States. Federal and state laws protect ALL workers. We have a bilingual team, and our communications are 100% confidential. As Ralph discusses in his podcast series with Magali Candler, your rights are protected regardless of where you were born.

How much does it cost to hire Attorney 911?

Zero dollars upfront. We work entirely on a contingency fee. We pay for the medical experts, the records retrieval, the filing fees, and the industrial hygienists. If we don’t recover money for you, you don’t owe us a dime. Our interests are perfectly aligned with yours: we want the largest possible recovery, and we want it as fast as possible.

What is the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)?

RECA is a federal program that provides one-time payments to people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear testing or uranium mining in New Mexico and developed certain cancers. The program was recently expanded to include more people and more diseases. We can help you determine if you qualify for a RECA payment in addition to a private lawsuit.

Can I sue my employer even if I receive workers’ comp?

If your employer was negligent, workers’ comp is usually your only remedy against them. However, most toxic exposures involve “third parties”—the companies that manufactured the asbestos, the suppliers of the frack sand, or the contractors who failed to maintain a safe site. You can receive workers’ comp AND sue these third parties for much higher damages.

Your Fight for Justice Starts with One Call

New Mexico’s industrial history is a story of grit and sacrifice. You did your part to build this state and this country. You shouldn’t be left to suffer because a corporation decided your life was less important than their quarterly earnings.

The money in the trust funds is finite. The evidence at the job sites is disappearing. The statutes of limitations are running. Every day you wait is a day that the defendants use to protect themselves.

We are ready to stand with you. From the oilfields of the Permian Basin to the labs of Los Alamos, and from the railyards of Belen to the construction sites of Albuquerque, Attorney 911 is your legal emergency response team.

Call 1-888-ATTY-911 now. Speak with Ralph or Lupe. Get the answers you deserve. Let’s make them pay for what they took from you.

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This information is for educational purposes and does not constitute medical or legal advice. Every case is unique. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Contact us for a free consultation about your specific situation.

Deep Dive: Biological Damage and Industrial Toxicity in the Land of Enchantment

Ionizing Radiation and Double-Strand DNA Breaks

For workers at Sandia National Lab or those who mined uranium in the Ambrosia Lake district, the danger was subatomic. Ionizing radiation (alpha, beta, and gamma rays) travels through the body, knocking electrons off the atoms in your cells. This process, called ionization, is particularly destructive to DNA.

Alpha particles—found in radon gas common in New Mexico mines—are heavy and highly ionizing. When inhaled, they don’t travel far, meaning they dump all their energy into a small area of the lung tissue. This causes “double-strand breaks” in the DNA helix. Unlike a single-strand break, which the cell can often repair, a double-strand break is frequently lethal to the cell or results in permanent mutation. When these mutations occur in genes like TP53, which is responsible for “proofreading” your DNA, the cell can begin to multiply uncontrollably. This is the biological reality behind the lung cancer clusters seen in Navajo and Grants-area miners.

Crystalline Silica: The Hidden Scars of Fracking and Mining

If you worked in New Mexico’s mining or hydraulic fracturing industries, you handled crystalline silica. When silica crystals are crushed or drilled, they form “fresh” surfaces that are highly reactive. Once inhaled, these microscopic crystals—often 100 times smaller than a grain of sand—reach the alveoli.

Your lungs view silica as a permanent poison. The crystals are so sharp and hard that the cells that try to consume them are essentially sliced from the inside. This constant cellular death triggers a massive fibrotic response. Your body tries to “wall off” the silica crystals with scar tissue. These scars (nodules) eventually grow together, a condition known as Progressive Massive Fibrosis (PMF). As the scar tissue replaces healthy lung tissue, your ability to exchange oxygen decreases. You don’t just “get sick”; you slowly lose the ability to breathe, and your risk for lung cancer and tuberculosis increases exponentially.

PFOS and the Endocrine Betrayal

On military bases like Kirtland or Cannon AFB, firefighting foams (AFFF) containing PFOS were used for decades. These “forever chemicals” don’t stay in the foam; they soak into the New Mexico soil and contaminate the groundwater.

Once you drink PFAS-contaminated water, the chemicals enter your bloodstream and bind to proteins like albumin. They are lipophilic, meaning they love to hide in fatty tissues and organs like the liver and kidneys. PFAS chemicals are “endocrine disruptors”—they mimic natural hormones and interfere with your thyroid function and immune system. This interference leads to an increased risk of kidney cancer, testicular cancer, and high cholesterol. Because they are “forever chemicals,” they do not break down in your body; they bioaccumulate, meaning every glass of water you drank at the base added to a cumulative toxic burden that is still in your system today.

The Counter-Intelligence System: How We Beat Their Defense

Big corporations like Chevron, BNSF, and DOE contractors have a playbook they use to avoid paying for the damage they’ve caused. At Attorney 911, we know this playbook because we have Lupe Peña, who used to see these tactics from the other side.

Tactic 1: The “Blame the Lifestyle” Defense
If you have lung cancer or asbestosis, the company will comb through your medical records looking for a history of smoking. They will try to argue that your 20 years of smoking is 100% responsible for your cancer, even though you were exposed to radiation or asbestos for 30 years.

• Our Counter: We use the “Synergy Effect” science. Medicine proves that smoking AND asbestos don’t just add together—they multiply your risk by 50 to 90 times. The asbestos manufacturer doesn’t get a free pass because you smoked; they are responsible for creating a toxic environment that made the risk lethal.

Tactic 2: The “Identify the Fiber” Defense
In mesothelioma cases, defendants argue that they weren’t the sole cause. “He worked at five different sites. How do you know our gasket killed him?”

• Our Counter: We follow the “Substantial Factor” test. New Mexico law—and federal law—recognizes that every exposure to asbestos contributes to the total fiber burden. We don’t have to prove which specific fiber caused the cancer; we prove that the defendant’s product was a substantial factor in the cumulative dose that led to the disease.

Tactic 3: The “Regulatory Compliance” Shield
Companies will say, “We followed all the OSHA rules of the time. We weren’t breaking the law.”

• Our Counter: Compliance is the floor, not the ceiling. We prove that these companies had internal studies showing the dangers were real at levels below the OSHA limits. If a company knows their workplace is killing people, “following the rules” is no defense against a negligence claim.

Tactic 4: The “Statute of Repose” Trap
Defendants will try to argue that because the building was built or the machine was sold more than 10 years ago, you can no longer sue.

• Our Counter: We stay ahead of these deadlines by filing in the most favorable jurisdictions and using exceptions for “latent diseases” and “hidden defects.” We know where the legal traps are, and we know how to steer your case around them.

The corporations that poisoned New Mexico’s workers have armies of lawyers. With Ralph Manginello and Lupe Peña, you finally have a team that is just as aggressive, just as experienced, and significantly more dedicated to your outcome.

Call 1-888-ATTY-911 for your free consultation. We are the firm that answers the phone 24/7. We are the firm that gives you the managing partner’s cell number. We are the firm that wins.

New Mexico’s Industrial Employers: Potential Defendants in Your Claim

If you worked for any of the following entities or at these sites in New Mexico, and have since been diagnosed with a toxic disease, you may have a major claim:

• Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL): Radiation, beryllium, and asbestos exposure among thousands of contractors.
• Sandia National Laboratories: History of toxic chemical and radiation exposure.
• BNSF Railway / AT&SF: Decades of asbestos and diesel exhaust exposure in New Mexico yards and lines.
• Intel (Rio Rancho): Exposure to semiconductor manufacturing chemicals and heavy metals.
• Phelps Dodge / Freeport-McMoRan: Silica and heavy metal exposure in New Mexico copper mines.
• Homestake Mining / Kerr-McGee: The entities responsible for the Grants Uranium Belt legacy.
• W.R. Grace: Manufacturers of Zonolite insulation (contaminated with asbestos) used in New Mexico homes and buildings.
• ExxonMobil & Chevron: Dominant players in the Permian Basin with high benzene and H2S exposure risks.
• Four Corners Power Plant / San Juan Generating Station: Sites of massive industrial asbestos exposure for insulators, pipefitters, and boilermakers.

We know these companies. We know their history. And with Lupe Peña leading our intelligence efforts, we know how they defend these cases.

Final Word: The Opportunity for Justice is Narrowing

You didn’t ask for this diagnosis. You didn’t ask to have your retirement stolen by a disease you could have avoided if the company had just told the truth. You spent your life being a loyal employee. Now, you need to be a loyal advocate for yourself and your family.

As Ralph Manginello says, “In a legal emergency, you don’t need a researcher; you need a responder.” We are the firm that responds. We are the firm that takes the fight to the corporate boardrooms and the federal courtrooms.

Don’t let another day pass without knowing your rights. Don’t let your employer’s insurance adjuster dictate the value of your life.

Call Attorney 911 at 1-888-ATTY-911.

It’s your turn to be heard. It’s your turn to fight back. It’s your turn to win.

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Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Every toxic exposure case is highly dependent on individual facts, work history, and medical records. Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship until a written contract is signed. Attorney 911 may associate with local counsel in New Mexico or pursue claims in federal court or through administrative trust fund programs as required by your specific case.