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Asbestos / Mesothelioma Statistics in San Francisco
~200
Annual Mesothelioma Diagnoses (SF Bay Area)
2 years
SOL from Diagnosis
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Mare Island, Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, oil refining
Key Exposure Industries
$38.7M (Leavitt v. Honeywell)
Notable 2024 Verdict
Courts in San Francisco, California
San Francisco County Superior Court — Complex Litigation Center
400 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102
U.S. District Court — Northern District of California
450 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102
Hospitals & Trauma Centers in San Francisco
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — Thoracic Mesothelioma
1600 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94115
UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
1855 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Liability Considerations in San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area's Extraordinary Shipbuilding Asbestos Legacy
The San Francisco Bay Area was home to one of the most intense concentrations of shipbuilding activity in American history during WWII, with Kaiser's Richmond Shipyards launching a Liberty Ship every four days at peak production. All of these ships were built with extensive asbestos insulation. Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco served as a major Pacific Fleet overhaul facility, with civilian workers and Navy personnel exposed to asbestos in ship repair operations. Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo built and overhauled nuclear submarines — a particularly high-exposure environment given the quantity of asbestos insulation required for submarine systems. Standard Oil of California (Chevron) operated major refineries in Richmond with significant asbestos pipe insulation exposure for maintenance workers.