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Asbestos News Roundup: 7.8.11
July 8th, 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: Three defendant companies have been named in an asbestos lawsuit filed by Willis Mareceaux this month. Mareceaux filed the lawsuit on behalf of his late wife’s estate, alleging that his asbestos exposure while working in various refineries indirectly caused the death of Yolande Mareceaux.
The named defendants in Willis’ asbestos lawsuit are Atlantic Richfield, Chevron USA and Oxy USA. He filed the lawsuit on June 28 in Jefferson County District Court.
In his lawsuit, Mareceaux, who worked as a pipefitter, boilermaker and carpente, claims that Yolande was indirectly exposed to asbestos through his employment. “During the time decedent lived at home with her husband, she was exposed to asbestos containing products,” the lawsuit states. “Decedent was exposed to asbestos dust brought home on her husband’s clothing while … working on defendants’ premises.”
Mareceaux’s lawsuit also claims that the defendants should have warned the Mareceaux family of the dangers of asbestos dust on clothing, including the risk for secondary asbestos-related disease. Mr. Mareceaux is suing for exemplary damages. (SETexasrecord.com)
Jefferson County, TX: Texaco and Chevron USA are facing another asbestos lawsuit, this time filed by the widow of Homer Fitts, who, the lawsuit claims, was negligently exposed to asbestos throughout his career working for the defendants. Eunice Fitts filed the lawsuit June 23 in Jefferson County District Court, on behalf of her late husband.
Homer was, according to the asbestos lawsuit, employed by Texaco at its Port Arthur refinery, working as a pipefitter and painter—during which time, and as a result of those occupations, he was exposed him to deadly asbestos dust and fibers. “As a result of such exposure, Homer Fitts developed an asbestos-related disease, asbestosis and lung cancer, for which he died a painful and terrible death on March 10, 2010,” the lawsuit states.
According to the lawsuit, the defendants were aware of the health hazards associated with asbestos yet still allowed their employees to work with asbestos products in the workplace. The plaintiff is suing for exemplary damages. (SETexasrecord.com)
Asbestos Settlements
New Orleans, LA: An Orleans Parish Civil District Court jury hearing an asbestos lawsuit has found in favor of the plaintiff, and awarded him a $1.5 million settlement in general damages.
Leopold Granier Jr., developed asbestos mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to asbestos, the lawsuit claimed. Granier was exposed to asbestos through the negligence of Avondale Shipyards, Cajun Insulation and Union Carbide Corp. The jury’s four page verdict also found that Avondale, Cajun and Union Carbide were strictly liable and that the products in their possession were a “substantial and contributing cause” of Granier’s mesothelioma.
The jury also found that Union Carbide, in particular, was strictly liable because asbestos materials incorporated into the company’s Taft, La., plant were a “substantial and contributing cause” of the man’s cancer, the jury found.
Avondale shipyard was, at one time, the largest employer in the state of Louisiana, employing more than 20,000 people. The shipyard was acquired by Northrop Grumman Corp., and is now slated to close in 2013. Northrop Grumman made the decision as a result of a reduced order for warships from the US Navy. (Legalnewsline.com)
The jury also awarded Granier $104,160.77 in special damages, in addition to the $1.5 million in general damages.
Asbestos Hot Spots
Libby, MT: Perhaps the most infamous superfund site in the US, Libby finds itself in the news again, and its residents in danger of deadly asbestos exposure, resulting from a recent discovery of asbestos-contaminated woodchip piles littering the grounds around the town.
Some reports suggest that the federal government has been aware of the situation for as long as three years, without doing anything to mitigate the associated health hazards.
According to a report in the Huffington Post the contaminated bark and wood chips were a popular item for residents of the town who were landscaping their properties, as well as contractors who packaged the product and sold it around the country.
To date, the government has spent $370 million cleaning up the town, an operation that has been underway since 2009, when Libby was given a public health emergency designation under the federal Superfund law. Libby was the home to the now defunct WR Grace Vermiculite Asbestos Mine, which produced Zonolite asbestos insulation for many years.
Many an asbestos claim has been filed, and Libby residents continue to be treated at a local clinic for exposure to asbestos that can lead to asbestosis lung disease.
Asbestos News Roundup: 6.30.11
June 30th, 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
Houston, TX: An asbestos lawsuit has been filed by the estate of Milan Arthur Barackman by Michael Grant Mason. Mason filed the lawsuit thirty years after Barackman was exposed to asbestos on a United States Navy vessel. The lawsuit claims that Barackman was exposed to the material during the late 1960s and early 1970s and that he inhaled asbestos during these years, later resulting in his developing asbestos mesothelioma.
The estate of Barackman has filed a wrongful death suit against Foster Wheeler, Owens-Illinois Inc., General Electric Co., Uniroyal Inc., Riley Power Inc., Rapid American Corp. and Viacom Inc. with U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey presiding over Case No. 2:11-cv-01309. The lawsuit claims that Barackman’s diagnoses with asbestos mesothelioma last year was a direct result of asbestos exposure.
Plaintiffs in the case argue that the defendants were allegedly manufacturing a dangerous product and yet gave no warning to Barackman or others of the dangers of being exposed to asbestos. This is not a single case. There Read the rest of this entry »
Asbestos News Roundup: 6.23.11
June 23rd, 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: A couple from Zelienople, PA have filed an asbestos lawsuit naming 103 companies as defendants. The Pandocchis claim in their lawsuit that the defendants are responsible for Jeffrey Pandocchi’s asbestosis diagnosis.
Mr. Pandocchi was diagnosed with asbestosis in December, 2009. In his lawsuit he alleges he was exposed to asbestos and asbestos products during the course of his employment with the defendants, and that the defendants failed to warn him of the asbestos-containing products and failed to warn him of the harm the products could do.
Mr. Pandocchi further claims the defendants failed to recommend methods to improve the work environment and failed to develop alternative products that did not contain asbestos.
The asbestos lawsuit alleges that the 103 defendants “continued to use a known cancer-causing product.”
Mr. Pandocchi and his wife, Kathryn Pandocchi, are seeking compensatory and punitive damages.
The 103 defendants named in the suit are: A.O. Smith Corporation; Ajax Magnethermic Corporation; Allegheny Energy, Inc., F/K/A Allegheny Power; Allied Glove Corporation; American Electric Power Company, Inc.; American Optical Corporation; Appalachian Power Company; Aqua- Read the rest of this entry »
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
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