Asbestos News Roundup: 6.16.11

June 16th, 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

New Orleans, LA: A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Milan Arthur Barackman who died recently from asbestos mesothelioma. The suit alleges he was exposed to the lethal carcinogen more than thirty years ago.

Michael Mason, representative of the succession of the Mr. Barackman, named Foster Wheeler, General Electric Co., Owens-Illinois Inc., Rapid American Corp., Uniroyal Inc., Viacom Inc. and Riley Power Inc. as defendants in the lawsuit.

In the asbestos lawsuit, Mason alleges that Mr. Barackman suffered asbestos exposure while he was aboard United States Navy vessels from approximately 1966 until the late 1970s. The exposure was a result of asbestos dust emanating throughout the USS Rehoboth, the USNS Albert J. Meyer, the USNS Flyer, the USNS Wyman, the USNS Kingsport and the Sgt. Alfred Schoup, the lawsuit states. Barackman was diagnosed with asbestos mesothelioma in 2010.

The lawsuit accuses the defendants of producing an unreasonably dangerous product, failing to warn, strict products liability, defective design and breach of implied and expressed warranties. (Louisianarecord.com)

Charleston, WV:  A couple from Kentucky has filed an asbestos lawsuit against 135 companies which they claim are responsible for Edward A. Reed’s diagnosis of asbestos mesothelioma.

Reed, who was diagnosed with asbestos disease in March 2011, alleges he was a smoker from the 1950s until the 1970s, but then quit. He alleges that defendants failed to warn him of the danger of asbestos, which he was exposed to from 1956 until 1992.

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

The 135 defendants are: 3M Company; 4520 Corporation, Inc.; A.K. Steel Corporation; A.O. Smith Corporation; A.W. Chesterton Company; Ajax Magnathermic Corporation; AKZO Chemicals, Inc.; Allegheny Energy Service Corporation; Allied Chemical Corporation; American Electric Power; American Electric Power Service Corporation; Appalachian Power Company; Aristech Chemical Corporation; Armstrong International, Inc.; Ashland Oil, Inc.; Aurora Pump Company; B.P. Oil Company; Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.; Beazer East, Inc.; Bechtel Corporation; Brand Insulations, Inc.; BW IP, Inc.; Air & Liquid Systems Corporation; Calgon Carbon Corporation; Cashco, Inc.; Catalytic Construction Company; Certainteed Corporation; Chicago Pump Company; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Columbus McKinnon Corporation; Copes-Vulcan, Inc.; Crane Co.; Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; Dana Corporation; Dezurik, Inc.; Dow Chemical Company; Dravo Corporation; E. I Dupont De Nemours; Eaton Corporation; FB Wright Company; Flowserve FSD Corporation, individually and as successor-in-interest to Durametallic Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc., f/k/a Durco International, Inc.; Flowserve US, Inc., a/k/a Nordstrom Valves; Fluor Corporation; Fluor Enterprises, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; FMC Corporation; Gardner Denver, Inc.; General Electric Company; General Refractories Company; Geo. V. Hamilton, Inc.; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Greene Tweed & Company; Grinnell, LLC; Hercules, Inc.; Hollingsworth and Vose Company; Honeywell International, f/k/a Allied Signal, Inc.; Honeywell International, Inc.; Howden-Buffalo, Inc.; Huntington Alloys Corporation; I.U. North American, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Insul Company, Inc.; ITT Corporation; J.H. France Refractories; Joy Technologies, Inc.; Kentucky Power Company; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Company; McJunkin Corporation; Met Pro Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Milwaukee Valve Company, Inc.; Mobay Chemical Corporation; Monongahela Power Company; Monsanto Company; Mueller Steam Specialty; Nagle Pumps, Inc.; National Service Industries Venture, Inc.; New York Airbrake Corporation; Nibco, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; O.C. Keckley Company; Oakfabco, Inc.; Oglebay Norton Company; Ohio Power Company; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc; Pneumo Abex Corporation; Premier Refractories, Inc.; Railroad Friction Products Company; Rapid American Corporation; Reading Crane; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Roper Pump Company; Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc.; Rust Constructors, Inc.; Shell Oil Company; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; Spirax Sarco, Inc.; Standard Oil Company, Inc.; State Electric Supply Company; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), LLC; Stockham Valves & Fittings; Sunbeam Corporation; Sundyne Corporation; Superior Boiler Works, Inc.; Surface Combustion, Inc.; Taco, Inc.; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; the Gage Company; the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; the William Powell Company; Trane U.S. Inc.; Tyco Flow Controls Inc.; UB West Virginia, Inc.; Union Carbide Chemical and Plastics Company, Inc.; Uniroyal, Inc.; United Engineers & Constructors and Washington Group International; USX Corporation; Viacom; Viad Corporation; Viking Pump, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; Wabco Company; Warren Pumps; Waukesha Pumps; Weil-McLain Company; West Virginia Electric Supply; Yarway Corporation; Zenith Pumps; and Zurn Industries, Inc. (WVRecord.com)

Charleston, WV: 87 companies have been named as defendants by a woman who claims they are responsible for her husband’s asbestosis and death.

According to Mrs. Barron’s lawsuit, her husband, Junior E. Barron, was diagnosed with asbestosis and died on June 4, 2010. Barbara Barron claims the defendants exposed her husband to asbestos and failed to properly, adequately and safely label the asbestos products to which Junior E. Barron was exposed, which resulted in his illness and death.

Barbara Barron is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. The 87 defendants named in the suit are: A.W. Chesterton Company; Amchem Products, Inc.; Aurora Pump Company; Bayer Cropscience LP; Benjamin F. Shaw Company; 4520 Corp., Inc.; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Buffalo Pumps, Inc.; Burns International Services Corporation; BW IP, Inc.; Cameron International Corporation; Catalytic Construction Company; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Crane Co.; Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; the Dow Chemical Company; Dezurik, Inc.; Eaton Electrical, Inc.; Elliott Company; Fisher Controls International, Inc.; Flowserve US, Inc. f/k/a Durco International, Inc.; Flowserve US, Inc. f/k/a lowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc. a/k/a Nordstrom Valves; FMC Corporation; Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; Foster Wheeler U.S.A. Corporation; the Gage Company; General Electric Company; Geo. V. Hamilton, Inc.; Georgia Pacific, LLC; Gordon Gaskets & Packing Co.; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Greene Tweed & Company; Henry Vogt Machine Company; Honeywell International, Inc., f/k/a Allied Signal, Inc.; Honeywell International, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll Rand Company; Invensys Systems, Inc.; ITT Corporation; John Crane, Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; 3M Company; McJunkin Corporation; McNally Industries; Met Pro Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Meuller Steam Specialty; Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company; Nagle Pumps, Inc.; National Service Industries, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; North Bros., Inc.; NSI Ventures, Inc.; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Veolia Es Industrial Services, Inc.; Owens Illinois, Inc.; Peerless Pumps, Inc.; Perkinelmer Instruments; Pneumo Abex Corporation; Rapid American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automations, Inc.; Roper Pump Company; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; SFB Companies, Inc.; State Electric Supply Company; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), LLC; Stockham Valves & Fittings; Surface Combustion, Inc.; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; the Gorman-Rupp Company; the William Powell Company; Tyco Flow Control Company, LLC; Tyco Flow Control Company, LLC a/k/a Lunkenheimer Valves; UB West Virginia, Inc.; Union Carbide Corporation; Uniroyal, Inc.; Viacom, Inc.; Viking Pump Company; Vimasco Corporation; Waukesha Cherry-Burrell; West Virginia Electric Supply Company; and Zurn Industries, Inc. (WVRecord.com)

Charleston, WV: Larry Macon McCommack, who was diagnosed with lung cancer on February 14, has filed an asbestos lawsuit naming 72 companies as defendants. McCommack alleges the defendants caused him to be exposed to asbestos and/or asbestos-containing products which resulted in his illness.

Further, McCommack claims the defendants failed to warn him of the asbestos and/or asbestos-containing products’ harmful nature. He claims he was exposed to the products from 1964 until 1995.

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. (WVRecord.com)

Charleston, WV: Norfolk Southern Railway Company is being sued by a man from Kentucky who claims it was through their actions that he developed asbestos mesothelioma.

Edward A. Reed was employed by the railway from 1956 until 1959 as a fireman in its Williamson, WV facility, according to the lawsuit. During that time, Reed claims he was exposed to toxic substances, including asbestos, which caused his asbestos mesothelioma diagnosis on March 11.

Reed claims that the railway failed to provide him with a reasonably safe place to work; failed to furnish him with safe and suitable tools and equipment; and failed to warn him of the true nature and hazardous effects of the asbestos. He is seeking judgment against the defendant in an amount in excess of the jurisdictional limitation. (WVRecord.com)

Charleston, WV:  A woman who recently lost a family member to lung cancer is suing 47 companies she claims are responsible for Anna Lee Meade’s death.

Anna Meade was diagnosed with lung cancer on  May 12, 2010, and subsequently died June 24, 2010, according to a complaint. Kathy Lee Frasure, who filed the lawsuit, claims Meade was exposed to asbestos because of her husband, who was employed by the defendants from 1947 until 1982.

The defendants are being sued based 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 lawsuit.

The 47 defendants in the lawsuit are: A.K. Steel Corporation; A.W. Chesterton Company; Allied Chemical Corporation; Caterpillar, Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Columbus McKinnon Corporation; Crane Co.; Dravo Corporation; Eaton Electrical, Inc.; Flowserve FSD Corporation; Foseco, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; General Electric Company; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Grinnell, LLC; Honeywell International; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Insul Company, Inc.; ITT Corporation; McJunkin Red Man Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Morgan Engineering, Inc.; Nagle Pumps; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Oglebay Norton Company; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Premier Refractories, Inc.; Rapid American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Rust Constructors, Inc.; Rust Engineering & Construction; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; State Electric Supply Company; Sterling Fluid Systems (US), LLC; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; the F.D. Lawrence Electric Company; UB West Virginia, Inc.; Uniroyal, Inc.; United Engineers & Constructors and Washington Group International; Viacom, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; West Virginia State Electric Supply Company; and Yarway Corporation. (WVRecord.com)

Tags: Asbestos, Asbestos Mesothelioma, asbestos_mesothelioma

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