Corporations Knew About the Dangers of Asbestos Exposure.

Manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, contractors, premise site owners, and employers knew about the risks of cancer as a result of asbestos exposure for decades. Yet, they chose to continue to use asbestos-containing products well into the 1980s and 1990s.

Some industries in America continue to use asbestos even today, despite the known health effects and bans imposed by other countries and encouraged by the World Health Organization, Environmental Protection Agency, and others.

For workers, many companies chose corporate profit over worker safety for far too long. In certain jurisdictions, AMLG can pursue recovery for injured workers against their employers under a theory of liability called deliberate intent. Through documents, depositions, and discovery, AMLG can show that certain employers knew about the health hazards associated with asbestos, yet continued to expose their employees to the carcinogen.

In addition to holding employers responsible for their actions, AMLG pursues premise owners for failing to warn workers, contractors, visitors, and household members about the presence and potential dangers of asbestos on their premise sites and the potential for exposure and disease. AMLG also fully investigates all asbestos products and equipment that our clients were exposed to, and we zealously pursue claims against those manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and contractors.

For women, the single most prevalent source of exposure to asbestos is through laundering the work clothing of husbands, fathers, mothers, and siblings. The attorneys at AMLG have represented housewives and mothers who diligently performed the family laundry, while unknowingly being exposed to toxic asbestos fibers. In these cases, we work with you to identify all prior places of employment for any family members who worked in an industrial setting, and we aggressively pursue exposures at those sites on your behalf.

For sons and daughters, asbestos exposure often occurred through daily interactions, hugging, riding in the family car, and playing with their parents who worked in a facility using asbestos-containing products. Studies have shown that it is often these earliest exposures during a child's formative years of lung development that can be most dangerous. The attorneys at AMLG will discuss the jobs and trades of your parents, grandparents, and others with whom you spent significant time as a child and will aggressively pursue exposure at these facilities on your behalf.

For veterans, exposure to asbestos frequently occurred through serving our country bravely and diligently, all the while being exposed to carcinogenic pipe insulation, gaskets, packing, and other asbestos materials while aboard ships and at bases. AMLG will discuss with you possible exposures on land or sea and will aggressively pursue your exposures that occurred while serving our country.

Regional Work Sites with Known Asbestos Exposures:

AEP John E. Amos Power Station - St. Albans, WV

AEP Muskingum River Power Plant - Beverly, OH

Allegheny/Mon Power West Penn - Fairmont, WV

Allegheny/Mon Power Rivesville - Rivesville, WV

Allegheny/Mon Power Braxton - Braxton, WV

Allegheny/Mon Power Weirton - Weirton, WV

Allegheny/Mon Power Albright - Albright, WV

Allegheny/Mon Power Harrison - Haywood, WV

Allegheny/Mon Power Fort Martin - Maidsville, WV

Allegheny/Mon Power Willow Island - Willow Island, WV

Allegheny/Mon Power Pleasants Power - Willow Island, WV

Allegheny/Mon Power Lake Lynn - Morgantown, WV

Allegheny/Mon Power Wellsburg - Wellsburg, WV

Bayer f/k/a Mobay Chemical - New Martinsville, WV

DuPont Washington Works - Parkersburg, WV

Stauffer Chemical/AKZO -Gallipolis Ferry, WV

Celanese Chemical/Hoechst - Gallipolis Ferry, WV

Union Carbide Tech Center - South Charleston, WV

Union Carbide Sistersville - Long Reach, WV

Union Carbide West Mifflin – West Mifflin, PA

Conner Steel/Porter Steel - Huntington, WV

Marietta Manufacturing - Point Pleasant, WV

About Asbestos

Mesothelioma or lung cancer: What’s next?

You have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer. It’s natural to have many concerns when it comes to your legal rights. The attorneys of AMLG promise to answer your questions in a straightforward, compassionate manner. We understand each case is unique. That’s why we offer initial consultation at no cost.

The Voice For West Virginia Mesothelioma Victims Since Day One.

Since the West Virginia mesothelioma docket began, Antion and McGee (AMLG) has represented numerous mesothelioma patients and their families and have recovered millions on behalf of those affected by asbestos disease, mesothelioma, and lung cancer. From day one, AMLG has been a leading voice for those suffering from mesothelioma, providing comprehensive, effective, and zealous representation for clients and their families. AMLG has represented steel mill and aluminum foundry workers, who labored in blast furnaces, open hearths, and coke plants, and who were exposed to asbestos dust causing their mesothelioma. AMLG has represented power plant workers, boilermakers, electricians, and millwrights whose health was unnecessarily sacrificed in the production of energy. AMLG has represented chemical plant and refinery maintenance workers, operators, and contractors who breathed in toxic asbestos dust every day, so that production could stay high. AMLG has represented coal miners, railroad workers, and brake mechanics, who were exposed to asbestos and developed mesothelioma as they worked in cramped, dusty, and hazardous environments without proper protection. AMLG has represented wives and children who were exposed to asbestos dust carried home on the work clothing of their husbands, fathers, mothers, and siblings and who tragically died from mesothelioma.

If mesothelioma has impacted your life, call Antion McGee Law Group today. Our track record shows we care about our clients. We know the premise sites, equipment, contractors, suppliers, and products used at each site and embrace each client as part of the AMLG family. Our goal is to be a voice for those impacted by mesothelioma and to tell their story, in hopes that others do not suffer in the future. We will listen to your needs and position your claim to maximize recovery. We hire the right experts so that your case is ready for trial, and work with you through the entire litigation process so that you are never shuffled from person to person or firm to firm. We are available when you call and answer any questions you may have. You will find there is no firm more responsive to your needs.

At AMLG, we always come to you. While West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia mesothelioma cases are our focus, we have litigated mesothelioma cases across the country and have a broad and talented co-counsel network in other jurisdictions. Often because of our knowledge of the premise sites at issue, the defendants that are important to the case, and the process of obtaining compensation quickly and efficiently, attorneys across the country send their mesothelioma cases to AMLG.


About Mesothelioma & Lung Cancer

If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung cancer, or any other asbestos-related disease, or if you would like to learn more about these asbestos diseases or treatment centers, please visit the following.

American Cancer Society - Malignant Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma Applied® Research Foundation

Medical Resources

Each year in the United States, thousands of people are diagnosed with asbestos cancer. Asbestos cancer most often refers to mesothelioma because exposure to asbestos is the only universally recognized cause of this extremely aggressive cancer in the country.

, (pleural, peritoneal, testicular, or pericardial), may be caused by very little exposure to asbestos. The latency period is, on average, thirty to forty years, sadly meaning that contact with asbestos as a child, directly or indirectly, can lead to the symptoms and diagnosis of mesothelioma as an adult. Similarly, exposure to asbestos while working can lead to the diagnosis of and suffering from mesothelioma as a senior.

 is also commonly-diagnosed cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. AMLG is often contacted by potential clients who smoked cigarettes who are worried that they cannot recover from their asbestos injuries because they also smoked. This is not true. In fact, asbestos exposure and cigarette smoking combined are particularly toxic and cause thousands of lung cancer cases nationwide each year. Studies published by the U.S. Surgeon General and others indicate that smokers and former smokers who were also exposed to asbestos at work are at a significantly greater risk for developing lung cancer than those who smoke and were not exposed to occupational asbestos.

The attorneys at AMLG have successfully represented hundreds of mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis victims and their families who were exposed to asbestos through their work.


*Individuals, circumstances, exposures, diagnoses, and outcomes are all unique, which means every case is different. It is crucial to get advice from an experienced attorney based on your personal situation.

Fighting for victims of asbestos disease.

Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer

Catastrophic accidents, or catastrophic injuries, can cause irreversible damage to the body. An individual who has experienced a serious injury to the brain or spinal cord can be permanently disabled and may require a lifetime of medical care and assistance.

At AMLG, we help individuals who have suffered a catastrophic, life-altering injury as a result of another party’s negligence. If you or a loved one have been left unable to care for himself or herself, we can help ensure that he or she obtains financial compensation suitable for a lifetime of medical care. AMLG attorneys have experience handling serious workplace accident cases, electrocutions, personal injuries and death matters, carbon monoxide poisoning, benzene, and lead cases.

When someone else’s negligence injures a client, he or she is entitled to compensation for medical bills, pain and suffering, lost wages, and the physical, mental, psychological, and emotional trauma that occurs after a catastrophic injury.

At AMLG, we handle numerous types of catastrophic personal injury cases. We work with clients to explain the legal process and to assist them on their paths to recovery.


Helping our clients recover from devastating personal injuries.

Serious on-the-job injuries including burns, loss of limb, and disfigurement

Practice Areas

Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer

Catastrophic Injury