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More Mesothelioma Lawsuits Filed in Illinois

More mesothelioma lawsuits have been filled in Madison County, Illinois. These Illinois personal injury lawsuits are just a few of the many suits that have been filed throughout the United States by workers and families seeking to obtain compensation for illnesses and deaths due to exposure to asbestos at work.

Asbestos is a group of naturally occurring minerals that have been used in certain products and were present in many construction sites until the 1980?s. Some 2,000 to 3,000 mesothelioma cases are diagnosed each year.

Among the recent mesothelioma lawsuits in Madison County:

* The estate of George Charles Davis is suing 25 corporations because he was exposed to asbestos while working as an engineer in Illinois, New Jersey, Colorado, and Texas from 1951 to 1983. Davis?s lawsuit accuses the defendant companies of negligence because they did not provide workers with instructions on how to work safely with asbestos. The estate is seeking at least $150,000.

* Mary Lindsey?s estate is suing 75 corporations for her lung cancer death. The lawsuit claims that secondary asbestos exposure caused her illness and that she was exposed to the toxic fibers from her husband's work clothes. Her estate is seeking at least $250,000.

* Illinois resident Franz Mueller is suing 75 companies after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma earlier this year. The plaintiff says that he was exposed to asbestos while working as a machine operator and a welder. His lawsuit contends that the defendants did not exercise reasonable care to ensure his safety on the job. He is seeking at least $150,000 for medical care, lost income, and legal fees.

* Geraldine Kruemmelbein says her husband, who died from lung cancer in 2006, got sick because of asbestos exposure at work. Robert Kruemmelbein was a Duncan Foundry laborer from 1950 to 1960, a maintenance worker for Dow Chemical in 1961, and a machine operator at Owens-Illinois Glass for over 30 years.

Geraldine is suing 74 defendant corporations. Her wrongful-death lawsuit contends that the defendants should have anticipated that exposure to asbestos would make her husband ill. She says her husband experienced great physical and mental anguish because of his cancer and that he spent large sums of money prior to his death for medical costs. The disease also prevented him from working and the family experienced the loss of his support and society.

Bunker Hill woman files asbestos complaint in husband's death, The Record, August 27, 2008

Several Mesothelioma Lawsuits Filed in Illinois, TransworldNews.com, August 28, 2008

Related Web Resources:

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma and Asbestos Center

Full post as published by Chicago Injury Attorney Blog on September 25, 2008 (boomark / email).