Charleston, West Virginia – A Coal Grove (OH) couple has filed a suit against 62 defendant corporations over allegations that they are liable for the man’s mesothelioma diagnosis.
Larry Shelton and his wife Barbara Shelton have filed a lawsuit against the companies in the Kanawha County Circuit Court in West Virginia.
Larry Shelton says he suffered asbestos exposure all through his employment as a laborer, roofer, and bricklayer between 1964 and 1993. He says the defendants were aware of or should’ve known of the hazards of exposure to asbestos particles, the lawsuit claims. But they failed to warn Larry Shelton of those hazards, the complaint states. The defendants sent Larry Shelton to work near hazardous asbestos-containing products without providing him adequate safety apparel and warning him of the known risks, the plaintiffs claim.
The plaintiffs are suing based on the theories of: violation of expressed and implied warranties; negligence; strict liability; contaminated buildings; conspiracy; negligent misrepresentations; intentional tort; post sale duty to warn; and fraudulent concealment.
Larry Shelton and Barbara Shelton are seeking unspecified damages. They are requesting for a jury trial for resolving the issues. A visiting judge is presiding over this case.
The companies named as defendants are: AK Steel Corp; 3M Co; AW Chesterton; Allied Chemical; Ajax Magnethermic; Atlas Turner Incorporated; Amdura Corporation; Crane Company; Bucyrus International Incorporated; Columbus McKinnon Corp; Bechtel Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company Incorporated; Catalytic Construction Co; Clark Equipment Co; Certainteed Corporation; Caterpillar Incorporated; Eaton Electrical Incorporated; Dravo Corporation; Flowserve FSD Corp; FMC Corporation; Elliott Company; Foseco Incorporated; General Electric Co; Foster Wheeler Energy Corp; Goulds Pumps Incorporated; Georgia Pacific Corp; Industrial Holdings Corp; IMO Industries Incorporated; Hercules Incorporated; Insul Company Incorporated; Ingersoll Rand Co; JH France Refractories Co; ITT Corp; Metropolitan Insurance Co; McJunkin Red Man Corp; NACCO Materials Handling Group Incorporated; Morgan Engineering Incorporated; Oglebay Norton Co; Nitro Industrial Coverings Incorporated; Owens Illinois Incorporated; Ohio Valley Insulating Co Incorporated; Premier Refractories Incorporated; Pettibone / Traverse Lift; Rapid American Corp; Rockwell Automations Incorporated; Riley Power Incorporated; Rust Engineering and Construction Incorporated; Rust Constructors Incorporated; Schneider Electric USA Incorporated; Rust International Incorporated; Sterling Fluid Systems LLC; State Electric Supply Co; Tasco Insulations Incorporated; Sunbeam Corp; UB W. Virginia Incorporated; The FD Lawrence Electric Co; Viacom Incorporated; Uniroyal Incorporated; United Engineers and Constructors; Vimasco Corp; Washington Group Intl; Yale Materials Handling Corp; and WV State Electric Supply Co.
