Texas Couple Files Lawsuit Against 58 Defendant Corporations
February 5, 2009 -- In what may be the most widespread asbestos damage lawsuit in history, a married couple from Texas has filed suit against 58 corporations, claiming that the husband’s asbestos-related disease was the result of their negligence.
The asbestos lawsuit, filed January 13 in Jefferson County District Court in Texas, says all 58 companies knew their asbestos-containing products were hazardous to workers’ health but failed to adequately protect them.
Exposure to asbestos can cause a number of diseases and respiratory disorders, including cancer of the pharynx, cancer of the esophagus, stomach cancer, colon cancer, cancer of the rectum, asbestosis, and mesothelioma.
The most lethal of these is malignant pleural mesothelioma, which can lead to a form of cancer that may not display symptoms for up to seven decades, but when it does, it is almost always too late to treat.
The defendants in the case are: Ametek, Bondex, Certainteed, Champlain, Cooper Industries, Copes-Vulcan, Crosby Valve, Crown Cork, Durabla, Foseco, Garlock, Georgia Pacific, Guard-Line, Henry Vost Machine, Industrial Holdings Corp., Insulation Co., Kaiser Gypsum, KCG, Murcowall Products, Ogelbay Norton, Owens-Illinois, Parsons E&C, Rapid American, RPM Inc., Sepco Corp., TWC Valve, Uniroyal, Union Carbide (also named as a supplier of raw asbestos); premise owners Chevron, Dupont, Exxon Mobil and Texaco; contractors Able Supply, Bechtel, Daniel International, Fluor and HP Zachary; and manufacturers Allis-Chalmers, Aqua Chem, Crane Co., Elliot Turbo Machinery, FMC Corp., Foster Wheeler, GE, Goulds Pumps, IMO Industries, Ingersoll-Rand, Oakfabco, Peerless, Trane, Viacom, Warren Pumps, Weil-McLain and Zurn.
February 5, 2009 -- In what may be the most widespread asbestos damage lawsuit in history, a married couple from Texas has filed suit against 58 corporations, claiming that the husband’s asbestos-related disease was the result of their negligence.
The asbestos lawsuit, filed January 13 in Jefferson County District Court in Texas, says all 58 companies knew their asbestos-containing products were hazardous to workers’ health but failed to adequately protect them.
Exposure to asbestos can cause a number of diseases and respiratory disorders, including cancer of the pharynx, cancer of the esophagus, stomach cancer, colon cancer, cancer of the rectum, asbestosis, and mesothelioma.
The most lethal of these is malignant pleural mesothelioma, which can lead to a form of cancer that may not display symptoms for up to seven decades, but when it does, it is almost always too late to treat.
The defendants in the case are: Ametek, Bondex, Certainteed, Champlain, Cooper Industries, Copes-Vulcan, Crosby Valve, Crown Cork, Durabla, Foseco, Garlock, Georgia Pacific, Guard-Line, Henry Vost Machine, Industrial Holdings Corp., Insulation Co., Kaiser Gypsum, KCG, Murcowall Products, Ogelbay Norton, Owens-Illinois, Parsons E&C, Rapid American, RPM Inc., Sepco Corp., TWC Valve, Uniroyal, Union Carbide (also named as a supplier of raw asbestos); premise owners Chevron, Dupont, Exxon Mobil and Texaco; contractors Able Supply, Bechtel, Daniel International, Fluor and HP Zachary; and manufacturers Allis-Chalmers, Aqua Chem, Crane Co., Elliot Turbo Machinery, FMC Corp., Foster Wheeler, GE, Goulds Pumps, IMO Industries, Ingersoll-Rand, Oakfabco, Peerless, Trane, Viacom, Warren Pumps, Weil-McLain and Zurn.
