Asbestos News Roundup: 9.3.11

September 3rd, 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

Beaumont, TX: Florence Woodard, the widow of Andrew Woodard, has filed an asbestos lawsuit naming her husband’s former employer, ExxonMobil, as the defendant. Mrs. Woodward alleges that Exxon Mobile and Mobile Oil exposed her husband to asbestos, which resulted in his death.

The lawsuit states that Mr. Woodard was exposed to asbestos dust and fibers while in the employment of ExxonMobil. No dates of employment or occupation are given in the lawsuit. Nevertheless, the lawsuit claims that as a result of his exposure to lethal asbestos fibers and dust, Mr. Woodward developed asbestos mesothelioma and subsequently died on August 10, 2009.

Mrs. Woodward alleges in her lawsuit that ExxonMobil knew asbestos exposure can cause cancer but still allowed employees, such as her late husband, to work with asbestos products. She further claims ExxonMobil acted with malice and is seeking to recover exemplary damages from the company. (SETexasrecord.com)

Charleston, WV: A man from Grayson, Kentucky is suing 57 companies in his asbestos lawsuit, alleging they are responsible for a family member’s lung cancer and subsequent death. On May 26, 2010, James Thomas Martin was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died of the disease on August 2, 2010, according to the lawsuit.

James Franklin Martin claims James Thomas Martin was exposed to asbestos and asbestos-containing material during his employment as an electrician from 1951 until 2006.

The defendants are being sued based on 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 57 companies named as defendants are: 4520 Corporation; A.K. Steel Corporation; American Electric Power Company, Inc.; American Electric Power Service Corporation; Appalachian Power Company; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Catalytic Construction Company; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Crane Co.; Dravo Corporation; Eaton Electrical, Inc.; Flowserve FSD Corporation; FMC Corporation; Foseco, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; General Electric Company; Goodrich Corporation; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Graybar Electric Company, Inc.; Grinnell, LLC; Hercules, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Insul Company, Inc.; ITT Corporation; Lockheed Martin Corporation; McJunkin Red Man Corporation; Nagle Pumps; Nitro Electric Company, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Oglebay Norton Company; Ohio Power Company; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Premier Refractories, Inc.; Rapid American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automations, Inc.; Rust Constructors, Inc.; Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc.; Rust International, Inc.; Schneider Electric; State Electric Company; Sterling Fluid Systems (US), LLC; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; the F.D. Lawrence Electric Company; the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; UB West Virginia, Inc.; United Conveyer Corporation; United Engineers & Constructors and Washington Group International; Viacom, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; West Virginia State Electric Supply Company; WT/HRC Corporation; Yarway Corporation; and Zurn Industries, Inc. (WVRecord.com)

Charleston, WV: A couple from Liverpool, Ohio, has filed an asbestos lawsuit naming 10 companies as responsible for Charles H. Long’s lung cancer diagnosis.

Mr. Long worked as a boilermaker and ironworker at various power plants, steel mills and other industrial sites throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, for over 20 years—1958 until 1979. During that time, Mr. Long claims, he was exposed to asbestos and asbestos-containing products that were manufactured and/or supplied by the defendants.

The lawsuit claims that the defendants are responsible for Mr. Long’s lung cancer, asbestosis and pleural plaques, and that the defendants failed to exercise reasonable care to warn him of the danger to which he was exposed by use of asbestos-containing products.

Further, the lawsuit states that the defendants also failed to inform Mr. Long of what would be safe and sufficient apparel for a person who was exposed to or used asbestos-containing products.

Mr. Long and his wife, Ruth Long, are seeking compensatory and punitive damages with pre- and post-judgment interest.

The 10 defendants named in the suit are: AK Steel Corporation; AmChem Products, Inc.; Bechtel Corporation; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Dravo Corporation; FMC Corporation; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; ITT Corporation; J. H. France Refractories Company; and Yarway Corporation.(WVRecord.com)

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