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Asbestos Lawsuit Alleges Fraudulent Representation of Safety of Asbestos Products
By asbestoshub | August 18, 2008
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Warren Devillier and his wife Rose are suing A.W. Chesterton, along with 15 other companies, for conspiring to mine, process and sell asbestos products, suppressing the information pertaining to the fiber’s hazardous influence on human health and purposely inflicting him with an asbestos disease.
Devillier’s lawsuit was filed in the Jefferson County District Court in Texas on July 1, 2008.
According to the plaintiffs’ petition, companies such as U.S. Steel Corp., Viacom and Zurn Industries knew that the asbestos products they manufactured would hit the market without inspection for defects.
The suit says the defendants knowingly conspired among themselves to cause Wilhelm’s injuries and committed conspiracy by willfully misrepresenting and suppressing the truth as to the risks and dangers associated with asbestos.
“As a result of Devillier’s exposure to asbestos … over his career, he contracted (a) disease which will someday take his life,” the suit says. “Each defendant … bears responsibility in causing plaintiffs’ injuries.”
Furthermore, the suit goes on to allege the defendants fraudulently represented that asbestos products were safe, when they knew asbestos exposure could lead to death.
The plaintiffs are seeking punitive and exemplary damages, plus damages for Mr. Devillier’s physical pain and suffering in the past and future, mental anguish in the past and future, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, disfigurement in the past and future, physical impairment in the past and future, and past and future medical expenses, including funeral costs.
Watch Tom Lamb report the story on Asbestos News Minute.
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