Clarksburg Couple Sues 61 Companies in Asbestos Case
CHARLESTON,SC – A Clarksburg couple is suing 61 companies who are allegedly responsible for causing an asbestos-related lung cancer.
Joseph J. Gulas and his wife Betty Gulas have filed a lawsuit against the corporations on May 20 in Kanawha Circuit Court.
The couple says Mr. Gulas was exposed to asbestos during his employment between 1966 and 1980. Consequently, he was diagnosed with lung cancer on September 8, 2010, the complaint says.
The defendants are blamed for negligence, contaminating buildings, breach of implied warranty, intentional tort, conspiracy and failure to warn.
A.W. Chesterton Company, Ajax Magnethermic Corporation, Aurora Pump Company, Beazer East, Inc., Brand Insulations, Inc., Certainteed Corporation, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc., Crane Co., Dezurik, Inc., Dravo Corporation, Eaton Electrical, Inc., Erie City Iron Works, FB Wright Company, Flowserve FSD Corporation, FMC Corporation, Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, General Electric Company, George V. Hamilton, Inc., Goulds Pumps, Hercules, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc., I.U. North America, Inc., IMO Industries, Inc., Inductotherm Industries, Inc., Industrial Holdings Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand Company, ITT Corporation, J.H. France Refractories Company, McJunkin Corporation, Mobil Corporation, Nagle Pumps, Inc., Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc., Oakfabco, Inc., Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., PPG Industries, Inc., Pneumo Abex Corporation, Premiere Refractories, Inc., Rapid American Corporation, Riley Power, Inc., Rockwell Automation, Inc., Rust Constructors, Inc., Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc., Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), LLC, Sunbeam Corporation, Superior Boiler Works, Inc., Surface Combustion, Inc., Swindell-Dressier International Corporation, Tasco Insulations, Inc., the Gage Company, UB West Virginia, Inc., United Engineers & Constructors and Washington Group International, Viacom, Inc., Viking Pump, Inc., Vimasco Corporation, Warren Pumps, Inc., and Zurn Industries, Inc. are the defendants in the case.
The plaintiffs are seeking a jury trail to get all the issues involved in the case resolved. The case will be presided over by a visiting judge.
