Charleston, West Virginia – A Collinsville (VA) couple is suing 137 defendant companies they allege are liable for a malignant mesothelioma diagnosis.
Larry I Nolen, along with his wife Annie Nolen, has filed a suit against the companies in the Kanawha County Circuit Court. According to the suit, Larry Nolen is suffering from malignant mesothelioma which he contracted as a result of his job-related asbestos exposure.
The couple says Mr. Nolen smoked cigarettes between 1960 and 1989. Larry Nolen was an employee of the defendants from 1960 until the 1980s. The Virginia resident also worked as a pipefitter from 1950 until 1960, according to the complaint.
Nolen alleges that the defendant companies caused him to contract mesothelioma as they negligently failed to protect him from hazards and warn of the risks involved in his job. The companies are sued upon theories of: contaminated buildings; violation of express warranty; violation of implied warranty; negligence; strict liability; conspiracy; intentional tort; post-sale duty to warn; and fraudulent misrepresentation.
The plaintiffs say the defendants are responsible for Mr. Nolen’s mesothelioma. In their suit, the couple is demanding a jury trial for resolving all the involved issues. The case is being presided over by a visiting judge.
The defendants named in this case include: 3M Co; AW Chesterton; AO Smith Corp; 4520 Corp; Allegheny Energy Service; Allied Chemical; Allied Glove; American Electric Power Service; Appalachian Power; Armstrong International; Armstrong Pumps; Aurora Pump; B.P. Oil; Bayer Cropscience; Beazer East; Bechtel; Brand Insulations; Air & Liquid Systems; BW IP; Catalytic Construction; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks; Chemtura Corporation; Crane Co; Copes-Vulcan; Cork & Seal USA; Dana Corporation; Dominion Virginia Power; Dezurik; Dravo Corporation; Eaton Electrical; Duke Energy OH; Exxon Mobil; F.B. Wright; Flowserve US; Flour Corp; Flowserve US; Fluor Enterprises; FMC Corporation; Foseco; Foster Wheeler Energy Corp; Foster Wheeler Energy; Gardner Denver; General Electric Co; General Refractories; Geo. V. Hamilton; Gordon Gasket and Packing; Goulds Pumps; Greene Tweed and Company; Hercules; Hampshire Industries; Honeywell International; Howden N. America; I.U. N. America; IMO Industries; Industrial Holdings; Ingersoll-Rand; Insul Company; International Paper Co; Invensys Systems; ITT Corporation; J.H. France Refractories; John Crane; Kentucky Power; Kunkle Industries; Lincoln Electric; Lockheed Martin; McJunkin Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance; Midland-Ross; Milwaukee Valve Co; Monongahela Power Co; Nitro Industrial Coverings; Pneumo Abex; Potomac Edison; Roper Pumps; Standard Oil Co; Sequoia Ventures; Sun Company; Sundyne Corporation; Tasco Insulations; Viacom; Dow Chemical; Warren Pumps; Vimasco Corporation; Watson McDaniel; Yarway Corporation; Zurn Industries; and Zenith Pumps.
