Asbestos News Roundup: 4.22.11

April 22nd, 2011. By LucyC

A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of. An ongoing list of asbestos hot spots from the Asbestos News Roundup archive appears on our asbestos map.

Asbestos Lawsuits

Charleston, WV: Layman B. Saltz and his wife, Patricia K. Saltz, from Lufkin, Texas, have filed an asbestos suit naming 37 companies as defendants, and alleging that those companies are responsible for Mr. Saltz’s diagnosis of asbestos mesothelioma. He was diagnosed, according to a complaint, on December 29, 2010.

The defendants are being sued upon theories of negligence; contaminated buildings; breach of expressed/implied warranty; strict liability; intentional tort; conspiracy; misrepresentations; and post-sale duty to warn, according to the suit.

The 37 companies named as defendants in the suit are: 3M Company, Inc.; A.O. Smith Corporation; A.W. Chesterton Company; American Radiator & Standard Corporation; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver Brooks, Inc.; Eaton Electrical, Inc.; Flowserve FSD Corporation; F.B. Wright Company; Ford Motor Company; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; General Electric Company; Georgia Pacific Corporation; George V. Hamilton, Inc.; Goulds Pumps; Honeywell International; IMO Industries, Inc.; Devalco Corporation; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll Rand; Joy Technologies, Inc.; Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Pneumo Abex Corporation; Rapid-American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; Superior Boiler Works, Inc.; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; Union Carbide Chemical & Plastics Company; Uniroyal, Inc.; Viacom, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; Weil-McLain Company; and Zurn Industries, LLC. (wvrecord.com)

Charleston, WV: William B. DePaoli Jr, from Canonsburg, has filed an asbestos claim alleging that during his employment he was exposed to asbestos which subsequently led to his diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma.

DePaoli Jr. was exposed to asbestos during his employment at various job sites around West Virginia, according to his complaint. The suit alleges that the defendants failed to advise DePaoli of the dangerous characteristics of their asbestos and asbestos-related products; failed or omitted to provide him with the knowledge as to what would be reasonably safe and sufficient apparel and proper protective equipment and appliance; failed to place warnings on containers; and did not recommend methods to improve the work environment.

The 14 companies named as defendants in the suit are: Beazer East, Inc.; Crane Co.; Crown Cork And Seal Company, Inc.; F.B. Wright Company; George V. Hamilton, Inc.; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Grinnell Corporation; Imo Industries, Inc.; Ingersoll-Rand Company; J.H. France Refractories Company; Pittsburgh Gage & Supply; Safety First Industries, Inc.; United States Steel Corporation; and Vimasco Corporation. (wvrecord.com)

Charleston, WV: Five separate asbestos lawsuits filed recently in Kanawha circuit court have named a total of 159 companies as defendants.

Ronald W. Cloherty and Debra L. Cloherty; David Edgell and Loretta Edgell; Betty I. Kucera; Livio M. Miller and Linda K. Miller; and Nathan Shrewsbury claim the 159 defendants are responsible for asbestosis and lung cancer diagnoses, according to the five complaints.

Mr. Miller was diagnosed with asbestosis, while Mr. Cloherty, Mr. Edgell, Kucera and Shrewsbury were diagnosed with asbestosis and lung cancer.

The plaintiffs claim they were exposed to products that contained asbestos and/or asbestos fiber, and that the defendants failed to remove the asbestos materials and/or other dangerous ingredients and products.

The 159 companies named as defendants in the suit are: 20th Century Glove Corporation; 4520 Corp., Inc.; Ajax Magnethermic Corporation; Alliance Machine Company; Allied Glove Corporation; Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust; American Optical Corporation; Anderson Greenwood & Co.; Andritz, Inc.; Armstrong International, Inc.; Atlas Industries, Inc.; Aurora Pump Company; Bayer Corporation; Bayer Cropscience, LP; Beazer East, Inc.; Bechtel Corporation; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Buffalo Pumps, Inc.; Burnham Holdings, Inc.; Cameron International Corporation; Cashco, Inc.; Catalytic Construction Company; CBS Corporation; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.; Columbia Paint Corp.; Cooper Industries, Inc.; Copes-Vulcan, Inc.; Coppus Turbines; Crane Company, Inc.; Dana Corporation; Dow Chemical Company; Dravo Corporation; E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company; Eaton Corporation; Eichleay Corporation; F.B. Wright Company; the Fairbanks Company; Fairmont Supply Company; Famous Furnace & Supply Co.; Flowserve U.S., Inc., and its Byron Jackson Pump Division; Flowserve U.S., Inc., f/k/s Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve U.S., Inc., f/k/a Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve U.S. Inc., f/k/a Flowserve FSD Corporation, as successor to Valtek International; Flsmidth Inc.; Flsmidth Dorr-Oliver Eimco, Inc.; Foseco, Inc.; Foster Wheeler, LLC; Fuller Company; the Gage Company; Gardner Denver, Inc.; General Electric Company; General Refractories Company; Gentex Corporation; George V. Hamilton, Inc.; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Greene Tweed & Co.; Grinnell Corporation; Hedman Mines, Ltd.; Hinchliffe & Keener, Inc.; Honeywell International, Inc.; Howden Buffalo, Inc.; Hunter Sales Corporation; IU North America, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Insul Company, Inc.; International Systems and Controls Corporation; ITT Corporation; J.H. France Refractories Company; Jabo Supply Corporation; Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.; Jno J. Disch Company; John Crane, Inc.; Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.; Joy Technologies, Inc.; Kentile Floors, Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Mallinckrodt, Inc.; Manitowoc Company, Inc.; McCann Shields Paint Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Mine Safety Appliance, Inc.; Minnotte Contacting Corporation; Monongahela Power Company; Morgan Engineering Systems, Inc.; Mueller Steam Specialty; Nagle Pumps, Inc.; National Services Industries, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; NL Industries, Inc.; O.C. Keckley Company; Oglebay Norton Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; P&H Mining Equipment, Inc.; Peerless Industries, Inc.; Pennzoil-Quaker State Company; Pfaff and Smith Builders Supply Company; Plotkin Brothers Supply, Inc.; Pneumo Abex Corporation; Potomac Edison Company; Power Piping Company; Powermaster Pacific Products; PPG Industries, Inc.; Premiere Refractories, Inc.; Reading Crane; Rhone-Poulenc AG Company, Inc.; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Roper Pump Company; Rust Constructors, Inc.; Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc.; Safety First Industries, Inc.; The Sager Corporation; Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.; Sauer Incorporated; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; Seegott, Inc.; Selkirk Corp.; S.F. Americas, Inc.; Shell Oil Company; Simakas Company, Inc.; S.P. Kinney Engineers, Inc.; Spirax Sarco, Inc.; SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc.; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), LLC; Sullair Corporation; Sunbeam Products, Inc.; Sundyne Corporation; SVI Corporation; Tasco Insulation, Inc.; Townsend & Bottum, Inc.; Trans-Pumps, Inc.; Trans-Pumps, Inc. of Pittsburgh; UB West Virginia, Inc.; Unifrax Corporation; Union Carbide Corporation; United Conveyor Corporation; United States Steel Corporation; Universal Refractories Corporation; Viacom, Inc.; Viking Pump, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; Virginia Electric and Power Company; Waco, Inc.; Warren Pumps, Inc.; Washington Group International; Waste Management, Inc.; Watson McDaniel Company; Weil-McLain Company; West Penn Power Company; Whiting Corporation; The William Powell Company; WTI Rust Holdings, Inc.; Wyeth Holdings Corporation; Yarway Corporation; and Zurn Industries, Inc. (wvrecord.com)

Asbestos Hot Spots

Saratoga Springs, FL: An old eatery located on lakefront property off Crescent Avenue on Saratoga Lake, that the city of Saratoga Springs purchased in 2005, will undergo asbestos removal and will have a qualified supervisor in place to oversee the removal, city council voted last week. City leaders say this it the first step in getting the $2 million site ready for public access.

The council authorized $3,700 for CA Smith to prepare and review bids for a contractor to clean up the interior of the former Waterfront Restaurant.

According to the Timesunion.com, the city has a 1.8 million, three-phase plan to turn the property into a public park with restrooms, parking, a playground, beach and fishing pier. The plan was prepared in 2008, however, poor economic conditions prevented the city from getting started on the project. (timesunion.com)

Asbestos Law

Denver, CO: The Frisco Holiday Inn, its owner and manager have all been indicted by the Colorado State Grand Jury for allegedly exposing guests and housekeeping staff to asbestos in November 2009.

According to the three-count indictment, Adam Pietraszek, the owner of the Frisco Holiday Inn, and hotel manager Nikolai Semenshin, as well as two employees of NHV Construction—owned by Pietraszek—failed to obtain a permit in October 2009 for asbestos abatement related to renovations they were performing at the hotel. (denverpost.com)

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