International, Inc.; Armstrong Pumps, Inc.; Ashland, Inc.; Atlas Industries, Inc.; Aurora Pump Company; Bayer Corporation; Bayer Cropscience, LP; Beazer East, Inc.; Bechtel Corporation; Borg-Warner Corporation; BP Amoco Chemical Company; BP Products North America, Inc.; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Burnham Holdings, Inc.; Cabot Corporation; Cameron International Corporation; Canadianoxy Offshore Production Company; Cashco, Inc.; Catalytic Construction Company; CBS Corporation; Certainteed Corporation; Chevron U.S.A., Inc.; Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.; Columbia Paint Corp.; Columbian Chemicals Company; Columbus McKinnon Corporation; Cooper Industries, Inc.; Copes-Vulcan, Inc.; Coppus Turbines; Corbesco, Inc.; Crane Company, Inc.; Crown, Cork & Seal Company (USA), Inc.; Cyprus Amax Minerals Company; Dana Corporation; Degussa Corporation; DeZurik, Inc.; Dow Chemical Company; Dravo Corporation; E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company; Eaton Corporation; Eichleay Corporation; the Fairbanks Company; Fairmont Supply Company; Flowserve U.S., Inc., and its Byron Jackson Pump Division; Flowserve U.S., Inc., f/k/a Durametallic Corp.; Flowserve U.S., Inc., a/k/a Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve U.S., Inc., as successor to Edward Valves, Inc.; Flowserve U.S., Inc., as successor to Valtek International; Flsmidth, Inc.; Flsmidth Dorr-Oliver Eimco, Inc.; Flsmidth Salt Lake City, Inc.; Fluor Constructors International; FMC Corporation; Foseco, Inc.; Foster Wheeler, LLC; the Gage Company; Gardner Denver, Inc.; General Electric Company; General Refractories Company; Goodrich Corporation; the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Greene Tweed & Co.; Grinnell, LLC; Gulf Oil Corporation; H.E. Neumann Company; Hedman Mines, LTD.; Hercules Chemical Company, Inc.; Hinchliffe & Keener, Inc.; Hoechst Celanese Chemical Group, Inc.; Honeywell International, Inc.; Howden North America, Inc.; Huntington Alloys Corporation; Huntsman International, LLC; IU North America, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Insul Company, Inc.; ITT Corporation; J.H. France Refractories Company; Jabo Supply Corporation; Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.; John Crane, Inc.; Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.; Joy Technologies, Inc.; Katy Industries, Inc.; Kentile Floors, Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; M.S. Jacobs & Associates, Inc.; Magnetek, Inc.; Mallinckrodt, LLC; Manitowoc Company, Inc.; McCann Shields Paint Company; McCarls, Inc.; McJunkin Redman Corporation; Meadwestvaco Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Milton Roy Company; Mine Safety Appliance, Inc.; Minnotte Contracting Corporation; Mobil Corporation; Monongahela Power Company; Morgan Engineering Systems, Inc.; Mueller Steam Specialty; Nagle Pumps, Inc.; National Services Industries, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; O.C. Keckley Company; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Oglebay Norton Company; Osram Sylvania, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; P&H Mining Equipment, Inc.; Parker-Hannifin Corp.; Parker-Hannifin Corporation; Peerless Industries, Inc.; Pennzoil-Quaker State Company; Pfaff and Smith Builders Supply Company; Pharmacia Corporation; Plotkin Brothers Supply, LLP; Pneumo Abex Corporation; Potomac Edison Company; Power Piping Company; Powermaster Pacific Products; PPG Industries, Inc.; Premier Refractories, Inc.; Rchnewcoil, LLC; Reading Crane; Research-Cottrell, Inc.; Rhone-Poulenc AG Company, Inc.; Riley Power, Inc.; Robinson Fans, Inc.; Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Roper Pump Company; Rust Constructors, Inc.; Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc.; Safety First Industries, Inc.; the Sager Corporation; Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; Seco/Warwick Corporation; Seegott, Inc.; Selkirk Corp.; Shell Oil Company; Simakas Company, Inc.; S.P. Kinney Engineers, Inc.; Spirax Sarco, Inc.; SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc.; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), LLC; Sullair Corporation; Sunbeam Products, Inc.; Sundyne Corporation; SVI Corporation; Taco, Inc.; Tasco Insulation, Inc.; Team Industrial Services, Inc.; Townsend & Bottum, Inc.; Trane U.S., Inc.; Trans-Pumps, Inc.; Trans-Pumps, Inc. of Pittsburgh; UB West Virginia, Inc.; Unifrax Corporation; Union Carbide Corporation; United Conveyor Corporation; United States Steel Corporation; Universal Refractories Corporation; Viacom, Inc.; Viking Pump, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; Virginia Electric and Power Company; Waco, Inc.; Warren Pumps, Inc.; Washington Group International; Waste Management, Inc.; Watson McDaniel Company; Weil-McLain Company; West Penn Power Company; Westinghouse Airbrake and/or Wabco; Whiting Corporation; the William Powell Company; WTI Rust Holdings, Inc.; Wyeth Holdings Corporation; Yarway Corporation; the Young Group, LTD.; and Zurn Industries, LLC. (wvrecord.com)
Harrisburg, PA: Thomas M. Devine of South Chatham, MA, has filed an asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit against 24 companies engaged in the manufacture and design of products containing the fiber, which, he alleges, are responsible for his illness. Devine, just 62 years of age and a lifelong non-smoker, was diagnosed with asbestos-related mesothelioma on August 27, 2011.
In his lawsuit, Devine claims that his exposure to asbestos is traceable to his work history, which included jobs with the General Dynamics shipyard in Quincy, MA, in the late 1960s; the United States Coast Guard in the late 60s and early 70s; a New England automobile body repair shop in the mid 1970s through the mid 1980s; a construction company in the early 1980s; and non-occupational home remodeling and repair projects throughout the years.
The asbestos lawsuit also contains a premises liability count against General Dynamics Corporation, which employed Devine from 1968 to 1969. This was the shipyard where Devine worked, performing electrical equipment installations on tanker ships.
The 24 companies named as defendants in the lawsuit include Cummins Inc. of East Lansing, Mich., Domco Products Texas Inc. of Wilmington, Del., General Electric Company of Harrisburg, Pa., Graybear Electric Company Inc. of Boston, Mass., and 3M Company, also known as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, based in Philadelphia.
Tyler, TX: Four separate lawsuits were recently filed against Union Pacific, alleging asbestos exposure of several railroad workers. In their lawsuits, the workers claim that they were exposed to asbestos-containing materials and as a result, have been diagnosed with asbestos-related lung diseases, such as mesothelioma and asbestosis.
The plaintiffs are John A. Saunders, Mark W. Saunders, Edgar D. Weaver, Robert Donnell, Jesse Ford Jr., Lee H. Bell, Earnest E. Bush, John A. Hollins, Alveron Jones Sr., George B. Currington, Johnny L. Davis, Larry J. Kirkpatrick, William S. Pickering and Charles R. Monroe.
The plaintiffs were employed as trainmen, engineers or carmen sometime between 1960 and 2006, by Southern Pacific Transportation Co., St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co., Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. and the Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Co.
The specific allegations accuse Union Pacific of negligence, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, for continuing to use asbestos-containing materials for decades after becoming aware of hazardous and harmful nature of the materials; for failing to inspect its equipment for the presence of asbestos-containing material; and for failing to remove asbestos-containing material from its equipment.
The plaintiffs also accuse Union Pacific of negligence in that the company failed to warn them of the presence of asbestos-containing material; failure to warn them of the synergistic effect between smoking and asbestos exposure; failure to properly train employees; failure to provide proper respirators; failure to conduct air monitoring; failure to provide comprehensive asbestos medical examinations; failure to medically monitor the plaintiffs; and for violating its own policies regarding the asbestos materials.
The men are seeking damages for medical expenses, mental anguish, physical pain and suffering, fear of cancer, and physical impairment. (SETexasrecord.com)