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Asbestos / Mesothelioma Statistics in San Diego
~90
Annual Mesothelioma Diagnoses (San Diego MSA)
2 years
SOL from Diagnosis
Naval Base San Diego, NASSCO shipyard, NAS North Island
Key Exposure Industries
San Diego County Superior Court
Primary Litigation Venue
Courts in San Diego, California
San Diego County Superior Court — Civil Division
330 W Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
Hospitals & Trauma Centers in San Diego
UC San Diego Health — Moores Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037
Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center (Scripps Health)
10670 John Jay Hopkins Dr, San Diego, CA 92121
Liability Considerations in San Diego
Navy and Shipyard Asbestos Exposure in San Diego
San Diego's naval infrastructure makes it a unique mesothelioma risk environment. NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding Company), San Diego's major commercial shipyard, has built and repaired Navy vessels since the 1960s — workers there were exposed to asbestos pipe insulation, boiler room insulation, and shipfitting materials throughout the asbestos era. Naval Base San Diego's maintenance facilities serviced Pacific Fleet vessels, with shore-based maintenance workers exposed to asbestos during ship overhauls. Sailors who served on Pacific Fleet vessels homeported in San Diego had extended below-decks exposure to asbestos-insulated systems. San Diego also has significant aerospace manufacturing (Convair/General Dynamics, which built the Atlas missile and produced the B-36 bomber with asbestos components).