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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 »
Asbestos News Roundup: 5.13.11
May 13th, 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 County, IL: Forty-one companies have been named as defendants in the latest asbestos suit to be filed in St. Clair County. Debra L. Trimble of Illinois filed the asbestos lawsuit alleging that the defendants caused her to develop lung cancer resulting from career exposure to asbestos-containing products.
In her suit, Trimble claims she was employed as a foundry worker for General Motors from 1976 until 1999. During that time, the defendants should have known of the harmful effects of asbestos, but failed to exercise reasonable care and caution for the plaintiffs’ or their deceased relative’s safety.
Trimble further alleges that as a result of her asbestos-related disease, she became disabled and disfigured, incurred medical costs and suffered great physical pain and mental anguish. Consequently, she became prevented from pursuing her normal course of employment and, as a result, lost large sums of money that would have accrued to her, the suit alleges.
Trimble is seeking a judgment of more than $100,000, plus punitive and exemplary damages of more than $100,000 and compensatory damages of more than $50,000. (madison record.com)
Jefferson County, TX: A couple from Texas have filed an asbestos suit naming nine defendant companies. In their suit, the couple claims the defendants caused the man to develop a malignant asbestos-related disease and industrial dust disease. The suit claims he worked around products manufactured by the defendant companies.
In their suit, Mr. and Mrs. Clark allege the defendant companies caused Walter Clark’s diseases because they allowed asbestos-related products to be used on their premises even though they Read the rest of this entry »
Asbestos News Roundup: 4.29.11
April 29th, 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 Clarksburg has filed an asbestos suit naming 56 companies as defendants. They allege that the defendants are responsible for Lendell C. Simmons being exposed to asbestos and his resulting diagnosis of lung cancer.
Mr. Simmons was diagnosed with lung cancer on February 21, according to the lawsuit. Simmons and his wife, Patricia, are alleging negligence, contaminated buildings, breach of expressed/implied warranty, strict liability, intentional tort, conspiracy, misrepresentations and post-sale duty to warn, on the part of the defendants.
The 56 companies named as defendants in the suit are: A.W. Chesterton Company; Allied Glove Corporation; Beazer East, Inc.; Bechtel Corporation; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Catalytic Construction Company; Certainteed Corporation; Crane Co.; Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; Dow Chemical Company; Dravo Corporation; Eaton Corporation; Fairmont Supply Company; ETC Wright Company; Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc.; FMC Corporation; Foseco, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; General Electric Company; George V. Hamilton, Inc.; Goulds Pumps; Grinnell Corporation; Henry Vogt Machine Company; Hercules, Inc.; Howden North America, Inc.; I.U. North America, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; ITT Corporation; J.H. France Refractories Company; Lockheed Martin Corporation; McJunkin Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Oglebay Norton Company; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Premiere Refractories, Inc.; Rapid American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Rust Constructors, Inc.; Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc.; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), LLC; Sundyne Corporation; Sutter Roofing & Metal Co. Inc.; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; the Gage Company; UB West Virginia, Inc.; Union Carbide Chemical & Plastics Company; United Engineers & Constructors and Washington Group international; Viacom, Inc.; and Vimasco Corporation. (WVRecord.com)
Asbestos Hot Spots
Knox County, TN: The Knox County board met this week to try and determine what to do about the courthouse, which contains asbestos in the floor tiles, linoleum, textured parts of the ceiling, the boiler breeching and mud joints.
According to report by KWQC-TV6, 25 random tests for asbestos were done throughout the Read the rest of this entry »
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