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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 Read the rest of this entry »
Asbestos News Roundup: 6.9.11
June 9th, 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
Jefferson County, TX: A relative of the late Freeman Eugene Peart has filed an asbestos lawsuit naming 35 companies as defendants. The suit alleges that the defendants exposed Mr. Peart to asbestos which caused his death. This is the second lawsuit filed on behalf of Freeman Eugene Peart. In his first suit, which he filed, he cited an asbestos-related disease which was different from the one which the second suit alleges caused his death.
Throughout his career, Peart lived in Texas and worked as a laborer, welder, pipefitter and boilermaker throughout his career, according to the lawsuit. The suit claims that it was during this time that Peart was exposed to asbestos products which caused him to develop an asbestos-related illness. The suit further alleges that the defendants negligently manufactured, sold and used asbestos products without warning workers of the associated health dangers.
The defendants named in the suit include: American Optical, A.O. Smith Corp., A.W. Chesterton Co., Bechtel Corp., Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, CBS Corp., Chevron, Cleaver Brooks, Crown Cork, and Seal, E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Co., Entergy Gulf States, Exxon Mobil Corp., Fluor Enterprises, Fluor Maintenance Services, Foster Wheeler Constructors, Foster Wheeler Corp., Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., General Electric Corp., General Refractories Co., Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Goulds Pumps, Guard-Line, Henry Vogt Machine Co., Huntsman Petrochemical Corp., Ingersoll Rand Co., Minnesota Mining
Asbestos News Roundup: 5.26.11
May 26th, 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
St. Clair, IL: A new asbestos claim has been filed in St. Clair County, by Richard and Barbara Jacobs, who allege that the 42 named defendants in their suit are responsible for Richard Jacobs developing lung cancer.
In their complaint, the Jacobs claim that Richard developed lung cancer following his exposure to asbestos-containing products throughout his career. Mr. Jacobs worked as a foreman at TRW Inc. Metals Division from 1957 until 1971, as a melting supervisor at Advance Casting from 1972 until 1973, as a foundry foreman from 1973 until 1974 and as a laborer at Teledyne Cast Products from 1974 until 1999.
The Jacobs claim that the defendants should have been aware of the harmful effects of asbestos, but failed to exercise reasonable care and caution for Richard Jacobs’s safety.
According to their complaint, Mr. Jacobs’ asbestos-related disease has left him disabled and disfigured. Further, the illness has resulted in the Jacobs’ incurring medical costs and Mr. Jacobs suffering great physical pain and mental anguish, the complaint states. Mr. Jacobs has also been prevented from pursuing his normal course of employment and, as a result, lost large sums of money that would have accrued to him, which, the suit claims, is a result of his asbestos-related illness.
Because of her husband’s disease, Barbara Jacobs claims she has lost her spouse’s companionship, society and services.
The Jacobs are seeking a judgment of more than $200,000, plus punitive and exemplary damages Read the rest of this entry »
Takes Lives but can’t Take a Joke? Hey Asbestos, You got Punked!
May 20th, 2011. By Hunter West
I feel for the town of Asbestos, in Quebec. I really do.
Perhaps you haven’t heard of Asbestos, Quebec—a town of 6,000 located in the Canadian province that is home to the Jeffrey asbestos mine. It used to be the world’s largest asbestos mine until recently. And yes, it’s still active. In fact, the mine remains the town’s largest employer. 
You may know that already, if you watched the recent segment of Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’ that lampooned the mine, and the town. (And if you didn’t, there’s an amateur clip of the segment above.)
There is little doubt that ‘The Daily Show’ was out to make fun of Asbestos, Quebec. How could they not? Asbestos the fiber, in the last several years, has become known as a scourge—the cause of asbestosis, mesothelioma and asbestos cancer. The latency is something like 30 years or more between exposure and certain death.
Asbestos the fiber has been banned in many parts of the world, and is tightly controlled elsewhere. An entire industry has sprung up to facilitate the safe removal of asbestos. The latter could be prohibitively expensive. Perfectly good buildings have been torn down, rather then re-purposed because the costs of asbestos removal were just too great.
For heaven’s sake, there have been examples of family members of asbestos fiber workers meeting their maker just being in close proximity with asbestos (the fiber, not the town). Some wives have died simply washing their husband’s asbestos-laden work clothes.
There is no question that asbestos is bad stuff.
But it is still used. There is still a market for it—such as India, for example. And when the Read the rest of this entry »
Asbestos News Roundup: 5.19.11
May 19th, 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
Galveston, TX: A widow who alleges her husband died from asbestos-related lung cancer has filed an asbestos claim naming Fort Worth & Denver Railroad Co., Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Co., Burlington Northern Railroad and Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway as defendants.
Elouise York claims that her husband, Ernest B. York Jr, was exposed to asbestos during his 40-years working for the predecessors of BNSF Railway and that he came into contact with “dusty” asbestos-containing products during that time. Further, the suit claims, Mr. York was not aware of the potential fatal health effects associated with asbestos, such as asbestos mesothelioma and asbestosis. Mr. York Jr, died from lung cancer in November 2010, having been diagnosed in 2008.
Mr. York worked on the railroads from 1957 to 1998. According to the suit, he worked on steam and diesel engines which traveled and operated between terminals in Teague and Galveston as a brakeman and conductor. And, Mrs. York claims, her late husband’s duties and responsibilities exposed him to toxic substances including asbestos and asbestos-containing products.
“The decedent’s exposure to asbestos and other toxic substances is herein alleged for the special period of time commencing with the onset of the decedent’s railroad work through December 31, 1976,” the suit says.(SETexasRecord.com)
Jefferson County, TX: Edgar and Mary Hemphill have filed an asbestos suit naming Chevron USA and nine other companies as defendants. The suit alleges that defendants exposed Edgar Read the rest of this entry »
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