Claims in Illinois of Asbestos

In the nineteenth century, Chicago became the industrial center of the central region. Its location on Lake Michigan made a center of transportation and shipping, as well. The iron ore brought by Great Lakes Steel became an extraordinary number of steel mills, both in East Chicago and Gary Indiana, Indiana, cities around the Chicago metropolitan area.

Ford and General Motors cars built in Chicago, Inland Steel, Interlake Steel and Republic steel mills all had there. East St. Louis Illinois is an industrial pocket that was the home of Shell Oil, Mobil Oil and Sinclair Oil - refineries that used asbestos insulation greatly. These are just a fraction of sites known to employees exposed to asbestos at work.