Glass Worker Claims Asbestos Exposure Caused Lung Cancer

By Brian Cole

Published on January 16, 2007

James Anderson, who worked at Owens from 1954 to 1993, says the defendants failed to exercise ordinary care and caution for his safety when they included asbestos in their products. It was completely foreseeable, his complaint states, that the use of asbestos would lead to employees’ inhaling or otherwise absorbing the dangerous substance. Anderson claims the corporations knew this and still chose to include asbestos in their products.

His complaint further states that adequate substitutes for asbestos were available yet were not used. The complaint also states that the defendants did not warn employees about the dangers of asbestos, nor did they conduct tests in order to determine what hazards Anderson and his other workers may have been exposed to.

Anderson’s wife is also seeking damages for the impact her husband’s illness has had on her life.

The Andersons are seeking $250,000 in compensatory damages and more than $100,000 in punitive and exemplary damages.

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