MADISON COUNTY, Wisconsin – A local law firm specializing in asbestos and mesothelioma cases has filed four separate mesothelioma lawsuits against the same ten defendants.

All four suits were filed on behalf of families whose relatives died of mesothelioma. The ten defendant corporations are TH Agriculture and Nutrition, RPM, Inc., RPM International, Pneumo Abex Corporation, John Crane, Inc., Georgia-Pacific, Fosesco, Inc., Bondex International, Bell Asbestos Minds and Atlas Asbestos Company.

Most asbestos and mesothelioma cases name 40 to well over 150 corporations.

The four cases all make similar allegations in reference to the defendants and their products. The specifics of each case are:

Patsy Mace, on behalf of her mother, Jonnie Crelia of Texas who died on October 27, 2006. Crellia was employed from 1961 to 1971 as a cashier at various businesses and locations. She was married to a man who worked as a welder from 1953 to 1979. The suit alleges that her spouse would bring asbestos dust home from work on his clothing and it would become airborne in their home.

Danielle Kacznesky on behalf of her late mother Virginia Fiddler of Ohio, who died December 8, 2997. Fiddle worked as a telephone operator from the 1940s through 1990. Her husband was a steelworker, and like Crelia’s husband, would bring home asbestos on his clothing from work.

The third case was filed by Vincent Lott on behalf of his later mother Bettie Lott of Georgia who died on June 15, 2006. Lott’s mother was exposed to asbestos in 1964 when she worked as a laborer in various locations.

The final case was filed by Carrie Wade of Georgia alleging that her late husband Walter Wade was exposed to asbestos during his 28 years as a painter and sealer. Walter died from mesothelioma October 29, 2007.

The four suits make the same allegations about the exposure of their loved ones to asbestos – that in addition to their work exposure, they were also exposed to asbestos during home and automotive repairs, maintenance and remodeling.

According to the suits, the defendants knew of should have know that the asbestos fibers in their products had a toxic, poisonous and highly deleterious effect upon the health of people exposed to them.

The suits also claim that the defendants used asbestos in their products even when adequate substitutes were available, and that they failed to provide any or adequate instruction about working with and around asbestos safely.

The defendants also failed to require and advise employees of hygiene practices which would reduce or prevent employees from carrying asbestos fibers home with them, and as a result, their loved ones were exposed to asbestos which caused their loved ones to develop a disease which is only caused by asbestos and which disabled and disfigured them prior to their deaths.

Each suit seeks damages in excess of $100,000 for compensation, as well as punitive damages.

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