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Asbestos News Roundup: 2.11.10
February 11th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Charleston, WV: Two couples are suing 63 companies in separate asbestos lawsuits. David L. McClure and Nancy A. McClure, and Billy R. Beckett and Helen J. Beckett allege they were exposed to asbestos products of the defendants while working at various job sites over many years.
The McClures and the Becketts claim the defendant companies manufactured, processed, converted, distributed, supplied and/or sold the products that contained asbestos materials that presented a substantial risk of harm.
The 63 companies named in the separate cases are 3M Company; A.W. Chesterton; Amchem Products, Inc.; Anchor Packing Company; Aurora Pump Company; Benjamin F. Shaw Company; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Cameron International Corporation; Catalytic, Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Crane Co.; Crown, Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; DeZurik, Inc.; Dow Chemical Company; Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc.; Flowserve US, Inc., and its Byron Jackson Division; Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; Foster Wheeler U.S.A. Corporation; Gage Company; Garlock, Inc.; General Electric Company; George V. Hamilton, Inc.; Georgia Pacific Corporation; Gorman-Rupp Company; Goulds Pumps; Honeywell International, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; ITT Corporation; John Crane, Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; McJunkin
Asbestos News Roundup: 2.4.10
February 4th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Ashland, KY: Fifty-three companies have been named as defendants in an asbestos lawsuit by Charles Ronald Miller and Nola A. Miller, who claim that Mr. Nolan’s diagnosis of lung cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos products. Specifically, the couple allege that the defendant companies are guilty of negligence, having contaminated buildings, breach of expressed/implied warranty, strict liability, intentional tort, conspiracy, misrepresentations and post-sale duty to warn.
The companies named in the case are A.K. Steel Corporation; A.W. Chesterton; Amdura Corporation; Aurora Pump Company; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Bucyrus International, Inc.; Caterpillar, Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Cooper Industries, LLC; Crane Co.; Eaton Corporation; Elliott Turbo Machinery Company; Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc.; Foseco, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; Garlock, Inc.; General Electric Company; Goulds Pumps; Honeywell International, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Insul Company, Inc.; ITT Corporation; McJunkin Red Man Corporation; Morgan Engineering, Inc.; Nacco Materials Handling Group, Inc.; Nagle Pumps, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Oglebay Norton Company; Pettibone/Traverse Lift, LLC; Premier Refractories, Inc.; Pneumo Abex Corporation; Rapid American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automations, Inc.; Square D Company; State Electric Supply Company; Sunbeam Corporation; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; the F.D. Lawrence Electric Company; the Manitowoc Company, Inc.; UB West Virginia, Inc.; United Engineering and Foundry Company; Viacom, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; Washington Group International; Trane U.S., Inc.; and Yale Materials Handling Corporation. (West Virginia Record)
Asbestos Hot spots
Daytona Beach, FL: The scheduled reopening of Daytona’s famous pier has been delayed until the summer, following the discovery of asbestos in the paint. The pier had been closed for repairs and was scheduled to reopen in February. (wftv.com)
Jackson County, TN: A 55-page report on the condition of asbestos in all Jackson-Madison County Schools buildings reportedly shows that while most areas are in good shape, five schools will need to be repaired. Those schools are Lincoln Elementary, North Parkway Elementary, Parkview Montessori School, West Jackson Learning Center and Whitehall Elementary. A total of 22 buildings contain asbestos, according to the report, which also states that those areas do not need to be isolated. (jacksonsun.com)
Asbestos News Roundup: 1.28.10
January 28th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
St. Clair, IL: Leonore Hall has filed an asbestos lawsuit on behalf of her father, Leon Hanger, who recently died from asbestos lung disease. She has named 43 companies as defendants, alleging that her father’s fatal illness was caused from exposure to inhaled, ingested or otherwise absorbed asbestos fibers, and therefore his death was wrongfully caused.
Hanger worked in the US Air Force from 1949 until 1953. From 1953 to 1986 he worked as a manufacturing mechanical foreman.
Leonore is seeking economic damages of more than $150,000, compensatory damages of more than $100,000 and punitive and exemplary damages in excess of $50,000. (St. Clair Record)
St. Clair, IL:Thirty seven companies have been named in an asbestos lawsuit filed by Clara Conley on behalf of her husband, Albert Conley, who recently died from asbestos mesothelioma.
Clara claims that Albert’s death was wrongfully caused, because he was exposed to asbestos through his work as a machinist at Paper Ball from 1955 to 1956, as a printer at Beaumont Enterprise and Journal from 1956 until 1957, as an aviation machinist mate in the US Navy from 1957 until 1977, and as a self-employed salesman from 1977 until 2007.
In her lawsuit, Clara claims that Albert incurred substantial medical costs as a result of the disease, as well as experiencing great physical pain and mental anguish. (St. Clair Record)
Asbestos Hot Spots
Martinsburg, CA: The Dunn Building at 400 W. Stephen St, which houses several Berkeley County government
Asbestos News Roundup: 1.21.10
January 21st, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Henderson County, TX: The widow of Michael B. Brashers, who was diagnosed with and subsequently died of asbestos mesothelioma in April 2008, is suing eight corporations alleging that her husband’s death was wrongfully caused. Specifically, Katherine Brashers alleges that her husband developed mesothelioma as a result of exposure at his work at Union Oil Company of California between 1963 and 1998.
The companies named in the suit include: Able Supply, Ametek, Champlain Cable Corp., Guardline, Hercules Inc., Jett Weld Inc., Union Oil Company of California and Westinghouse Electric Co. Among the charges, the companies stand accused of failing to adequately warn Michael Brashers of the serious health hazards related to asbestos exposure and failing to provide what would be considered adequate and safe working apparel. (SE Texas Record)
Jefferson County, TX: Chevron has been named as defendant in an asbestos lawsuit filed by four Texas residents who allege that the lung cancer and pulmonary asbestosis their father developed subsequently caused his death on March 21, 2008, and that his death was wrongfully caused.
Vergie Foreman, Clara Foreman, Darrell Foreman and Darnell Foreman claim that their husband and father, Jesse Foreman, worked as a pipefitter helper, insulator trainer and instrument mechanic, and that during the course of
Asbestos News Roundup: 1.14.10
January 14th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Charleston, WV: Two new asbestos lawsuits just filed in Kanawha County, have named 133 defendant companies in asbestos lawsuits. The suits are brought on behalf of the etsate of the late Raymond E. Brewer Sr, and Mr. LaRosa, who were allegedly exposed to asbestos-containing materials during the period they worked with the defendant companies. The two men developed asbestosis and asbestos mesothelioma, according to the suit. They allege that the companies neglected to warn them of the dangers associated with asbestos, that the companies did not test for asbestos-containing products, or have asbestos-containing materials removed.
Just in case you’d like to know, the companies named in the lawsuits are: 20th Century Glove Corporation; A.O. Smith Corporation; Ajax Magnethermic Corporation; Alliance Machine Company; Allied Glove Corporation; Allis-Chalmers Corporation; American Optical Corporation; Anchor Packing Company; Anderson Greenwood & Co.; Argo Packing Company; Armstrong International, Inc.; Atlas Industries, Inc.; Aurora Pump Company; A.W. Chesterton; Bayer Cropscience, Inc.; Beazer East, Inc.; Bechtel Corporation; Borg-Warner Corporation; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Buffalo Pumps, Inc.; Cameron International Corporation; CBS Corporation; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Cooper Industries, Inc.; Copes-Vulcan, Inc.; Coppus Turbines; Crane Co.; Crown, Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; Dana Corporation; Didier Taylor Refractories Corporation; Dravo Corporation; Durabla Manufacturing Company; Earl B. Beach Company; Eaton Corporation; Eichleay Corporation; Elliott Company; F.B. Wright Company; Fairmont Supply Company; Famous Furnace & Supply Co.; Fisher Controls International, LLC; Flinn & Dreffein Eng. Co.; Flowserve US, Inc.; Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc. as successor to Valtek International; Foseco, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; the Gage Company; Gardner Denver, Inc.; Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC; General Electric Company; General Refractories Company; Gentex
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