Charleston, West Virginia – A Charleston man is suing numerous corporations he alleges are liable for the lung injury that took the life of his father.
Steven Westfall, the son of deceased Larry Westfall, has filed a suit against 199 companies in the Kanawha County Circuit Court. The suit says Larry Westfall had been a member of the Laborers Local Union Number 639. Additionally, he had worked all through the West Virginia and other parts of the country and handled many asbestos products, the complaint claims.
According to Steven Westfall, his father died after developing asbestosis and malignant mesothelioma. Both these diseases are linked to long-term exposure to asbestos fibers.
Steven says the defendant companies negligently failed to exercise sufficient care to warn his father of the hazards to which he was being exposed on a regular basis while working with and near their asbestos products. The companies failed to warn the plaintiff’s father of what could be safe apparel for an individual who was working with and around asbestos products, the lawsuit claims.
The defendant companies also failed to advise Larry of what could be proper and safe methods of dealing with and working around asbestos products, the lawsuit claims.
In his lawsuit, Steven Westfall seeks unspecified compensatory damages. He is also seeking punitive damages. A visiting judge is presiding over the case.
The defendant companies named in the lawsuit include: 20th Century Glove Corp of TX; 4520 Corporation; Air and Liquid Systems Corp; Ajax Magnethermic Corp; AK Steel Corp; Anderson Greenwood and Company; Aristech Chemical Corp; Armstrong International Incorporated; Ashland Incorporated; Armstrong Pumps Incorporated; Amtek Incorporated; Allied Glove Corp; Alliance Machine Co; American Optical Corp; Aurora Pump; Atlas Industries; Bayer Corp; Bayer Cropscience; Bechtel Corp; Beazer East; Borg Warner Corp; BP Products N. America; BP Amoco Chemical Co; Brand Insulation; Burnham Holdings; Cameron International Corp; Cabot Corp; Canadianoxy Offshore; Cashco; Catalytic Construction; CBS Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks; Chevron U.S.A; Certainteed Corporation; Columbia Paint; Columbian Chemicals; Columbus McKinnon; Cooper Industries; Copes-Vulcan; Coppus Turbines; Crane Company; Corbesco; Crown, Cork and Seal Co (USA); Cyprus Amax Minerals; Dana Corporation; Degussa Corporation; DeZurik; Dow Chemical; Dravo Corporation; E.I. Du Pont; Eaton Corporation; Fairbanks Company; Eichleay Corporation; Fairmont Supply; Flowserve U.S.; Flsmidth Dorr-Oliver; Flsmidth; Fluor Constructors; FMC Corporation; Foster Wheeler; Foseco; Gardner Denver; Hercules Chemical; Huntsman International; Joy Technologies; McJunkin Redman; Milton Roy; Reading Crane; SVI Corporation; Vimasco Corporation; Waco; and Whiting Corporation.
