Charleston, West Virginia – A couple from Highland Springs (Virginia) has filed a lawsuit against 143 companies over allegation that they are legally responsible for a mesothelioma diagnosis.
On 8th March, Edward Comer was diagnosed by his doctors with malignant mesothelioma, the suit filed in the Kanawha County Circuit Court in Charleston, WV, says. According to Comer, he had been a smoker until year 1986. He says he completely stopped the habit of smoking in 1986.
The companies are being sued based upon the theories of: violation of implied and express warranty; negligence; strict liability; contaminated buildings; intentional tort; post-sale duty to warn; misrepresentation; and conspiracy.
Comer says he had been exposed to hazardous asbestos fibers during his job. Comer worked as an insulator between 1960 and 1984, according to the suit. Comer, along with his life partner Barbara Comer, is asking for a jury trial in order to resolve the issues involved in their complaint. The case is being presided over by a visiting judge.
The companies named in the suit include: A.O. Smith Corp; 4520 Corporation; 3M Company; A.W. Chesterton Co; Ajax Magnethermic; AK Steel; AKZO Chemicals; Allegheny Energy Service; Allied Clove; Allied Chemical; Altria Group; American Electric Power; Appalachian Power; Aristech Chemical Corp; Armstrong International; Armstrong Pumps; Ashland Oil; Aurora Pump; Beazer East; Bayer Cropscience; Bechtel Corporation; Borg-Warner Corporation; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Air & Liquid Systems Corporation; BW IP; Catalytic Construction; Chemtura Corp; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks; Crane Company; Copes-Vulcan; Crown, Cork and Seal USA; Detroit Steel; Dezurik; Dravo Corporation; Dominion Virginia Power; Eaton Electrical; E.I. DuPont; F.B. Wright; Flour Corp; Flowserve US (former Durco International); Flowserve US (also known as Nordstrom Valves); Flowserve US; Fluor Enterprises; Foster Wheeler Energy; Foseco; Fluor Enterprises; FMC Corporation; Gardner Denver; General Electric Co; General Refractories Co; Geo. V. Hamilton; Gordon Gasket and Packing; Goodrich Corporation; Goulds Pumps; Greene Tweed and Co; Grinnell; Hampshire Industries; Henry Vogt Machine; Hercules; Honeywell International; Honeywell International; Honeywell, Incorporated; Howden N. America, Incorporated; Huntington Alloys; I.U. N. America, Incorporated; IMO Industries; Industrial Holdings Corp; Ingersoll-Rand; Insul Company; Invensys Systems; ITT Corp; J.H. France Refractories Co; John Crane; Kentucky Power Co; Kunkle Industries; Lockheed Martin Corp; McJunkin Corp; Met Pro Corp; McNally Industries; Metropolitan Life Insurance; Midland-Ross Corp; Milwaukee Valve Co; Monongahela Power Co; Monsanto Co; Nagle Pumps; National Service Industries Venture; Nibco; Nitro Industrial Coverings; O.C. Keckley Co; Oakfabco; Oglebay Norton Co; Ohio Power Co; Ohio Valley Insulating; Owens-Illinois; Philip Morris USA; Pneumo Abex Corp; Premiere Refractories; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co; Rapid American Corp; Riley Power; Rockwell Automation; Roper Pumps Co; Rust Constructors; Rust Engineering and Construction; Rust International; Schneider Electric; Sequoia Ventures; Spirax Sarco; and Zurn Industries.
