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Asbestos News Roundup: 4.22.11

April 22nd, 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: Layman B. Saltz and his wife, Patricia K. Saltz, from Lufkin, Texas, have filed an asbestos suit naming 37 companies as defendants, and alleging that those companies are responsible for Mr. Saltz’s diagnosis of asbestos mesothelioma. He was diagnosed, according to a complaint, on December 29, 2010.

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 suit.

The 37 companies named as defendants in the suit are: 3M Company, Inc.; A.O. Smith Corporation; A.W. Chesterton Company; American Radiator & Standard Corporation; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver Brooks, Inc.; Eaton Electrical, Inc.; Flowserve FSD Corporation; F.B. Wright Company; Ford Motor Company; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; General Electric Company; Georgia Pacific Corporation; George V. Hamilton, Inc.; Goulds Pumps; Honeywell International; IMO Industries, Inc.; Devalco Corporation; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll Rand; Joy Technologies, Inc.; Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Pneumo Abex Corporation; Rapid-American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; Superior Boiler Works, Inc.; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; Union Carbide Chemical & Plastics Company; Uniroyal, Inc.; Viacom, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; Weil-McLain Company; and Zurn Industries, LLC. (wvrecord.com)

Charleston, WV: William B. DePaoli Jr, from Canonsburg, has filed an asbestos claim alleging that during his employment he was exposed to asbestos which subsequently led to his diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma.

DePaoli Jr. was exposed to asbestos during his employment at various job sites around West Virginia, according to his complaint. The suit alleges that the defendants failed to advise Read the rest of this entry »

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