Texas wrongful death lawsuit filed against eight companies after lung cancer death of worker
A Texas woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit after the death of her husband from mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
According to the lawsuit, filed by Katherine Brashers, Michael Brashers was exposed to asbestos while working for Union Oil Company of California.
Brashers worked for the company, which was located in Jefferson County, Texas, from 1963 to 1998. Throughout that time, asbestos was commonly used in manufacturing, ship building and construction.
Brasher died within one month of being diagnosed with mesothelioma.
In her Texas wrongful death lawsuit, Brashers makes several claims against the defendant companies, including failure to provide her husband with adequate protective gear, failure to warn him of health hazards, failure to take reasonable precautions to put into effect a reasonable safety plan and failure to develop a substitute material in order to eliminate the workers’ exposure to asbestos.
Brashers has named eight defendants in her Texas wrongful death lawsuit, including Ametek, Able Supply, Champlain Cable Corp., Hercules Inc., Guardine, Westinghouse Electric Co. and Jett Weld Inc. as well as Union Oil Company of California.
Among the relief sought in her Texas wrongful death lawsuit, Brashers is seeking compensation for mental anguish, medical costs, funeral and burial expenses and loss of consortium, as well as her husband’s pain and suffering.
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