Asbestos News Roundup: 8.5.11

August 5th, 2011. By LucyC

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

Asbestos Lawsuits

Charleston, WV: The widow of Thomas F. Turek Sr., who was diagnosed with lung cancer and on May 3, 2010, he subsequently died due to his lung cancer on June 17, 2010, has filed an asbestos lawsuit naming 60 companies as defendants. Carol Sue Turek claims the companies are responsible for her husband’s death and is alleging 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 lawsuit claims that Mr Turek Sr. was employed by the defendants from 1965 until 1986 and was exposed to asbestos during the employment. The lawsuit also states that he had previously smoked cigarettes from 1960 until 2000, but then quit. Mrs. Turek claims the defendants failed to keep her husband protected from the asbestos he was exposed to through the course of his work.

The 60 companies named as the defendants in the lawsuit are: A.O. Smith Corporation; A.W. Chesterton Company; Ajax Magnethermic Corporation; Allegheny Energy Service Corporation; Beazer East, Inc.; Caterpillar, Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; Clark Equipment Company; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Crane Co.; Dravo Corporation; Eaton Electrical, Inc.; Erie City Iron Works; FB Wright Company; Flowserve FSD Corporation; FMC Corporation; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; General Electric Company; George V. Hamilton, Inc.; Goulds Pumps; Honeywell international, Inc.; I.U. North America, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Inductotherm Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; ITT Corporation; J.H. France Refractories, Inc.; Joy Technologies, Inc.; McJunkin Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Monongahela Power Company; NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.; Nagle Pumps, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Ownes-Illinois, Inc.; P&H Mining Equipment, Inc.; Pneumo Abex Corporation; Premiere Refractories, Inc.; Rapid American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Rust Constructors, Inc.; Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc.; Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), LLC; Sunbeam Corporation; Surface Combustion, Inc.; Swindell-Dressier International Corporation; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; the Gage Company; the Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Co.; UB West Virginia, Inc.; United Engineers & Constructors and Washington Group International; Viacom, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; Yale Materials Handling Corporation; and Zurn Industries, Inc. (wvrecord.com) 

Charleston, WV: The daughter of Frederick Lee Dotson, who died from lung cancer two days following his diagnosis on July 8, 2009, is suing 81 companies in her asbestos lawsuit, claiming they are responsible for her father’s lung cancer and death.

In her lawsuit Gina M. Pastors, Dotson’s daughter, alleges that while her father was employed by the defendants as a laborer, from 1955 until 1977, he was exposed to asbestos. 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 lawsuit.

The 81 defendants named in the lawsuit are: A.O. Smith Corporation; Ajax Magnethermic Corporation; Allied Glove Corporation; Aurora Pump Company; Baltimore Aircoil Company; Beazer East, Inc.; Bechtel Corporation; Brand Insulations, Inc.; BW IP, Inc.; Catalytic Construction Company; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Columbus McKinnon Corporation; Consolidated Aluminum Corporation; Crane Co.; Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; Dravo Corporation; Eaton Electrical, Inc.; EI DuPont de Nemours & Co.; F.B. Wright Company; Flour Corporation; Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc.; Fluor Enterprises, Inc.; FMC Corporation; Fosceo, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; General Electric Company; George V. Hamilton, Inc.; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Greene Tweed & Company; Grinnell, LLC; Hercules, Inc.; Honeywell International; IMO Industries, Inc.; Inductotherm Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Insul Company, Inc.; ITT Corporation; J.H. France Refractories; Joy Technologies, Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; McJunkin Red Man Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Morgan Engineering, Inc.; Nagle Pumps; National Service Industries Venture, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Oglebay Norton Company, and its division Ferro Engineering; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; P&H Mining Equipment, Inc.; Pneumo Abex Corp.; Premier Refractories, Inc.; Rapid American Corporation; Reading Crane; Riley Power Inc.; Rockwell Automations, Inc.; Roper Pump Company; Rust Constructors, Inc.; Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc.; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; State Electric Supply Company; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA) LLC; Sunbeam Corporation; Surface Combustion Industries, Inc.; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; The Alliance Machine Company; The Dow Chemical Company; The Manitowoc Company, Inc.; The William Powell Company; Thiem Corp.; UB West Virginia, Inc.; Union Carbide Chemical & Plastics Company; United Engineers & Constructors and Washington Group International; Viacom, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; West Virginia State Electric Supply Company; WT/HRC Corporation/Whiting Corporation; Yarway Corporation; and Zurn Industries, LLC. (Wvrecord.com)

Asbestos Settlements

Beloit, WI: According to the City Manager for Beloit, a $270,000 settlement has been unanimously approved by the Common council, ending a lawsuit brought by a man who purchased a former Beloit public works facility from the city only to find that it contained asbestos.

According to a report on WTAQ, Dan Langone’s company bought the building in 1998, having been assured by the city that the building had been cleared of asbestos. But Langone said he found asbestos in the structure a decade later, so in 2009 he sued the city, claiming that city officials had not adequately addressed the problems with the building.

City manager Larry Arft said the Common Council unanimously approved a settlement of the lawsuit this week. (WTAQ.com)

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