Electrician Wins Right to Asbestos Lawsuit
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Overturning a decision made earlier this year, an Ohio appeals court ruled to let a dying man pursue his asbestos lawsuit against General Motors. The man contracted mesothelioma while working for the company.
An electrician from Ohio will be allowed to move forward with his asbestos lawsuit against General Motors after a ruling from the Appeals Court. The man is diagnosed with a deadly form of lung cancer called mesothelioma, which is almost always attributed to asbestos exposure. The electrician worked for GM from 1953 to 1990, often times in the boiler rooms of the company’s facilities. After years of working with asbestos-laden pipe and wire insulation, the man developed the aggressive disease and was diagnosed in the late 1990’s with mesothelioma. He was suing GM, since the company was aware that the material was hazardous but did not disclose that to him while he was working.
An earlier ruling stated that GM was not responsible for the man’s health, since the position of electrician is considered a hazardous one. The Appeals Court overturned the verdict late last week, stating that the inherent dangers of being an electrician do not include decades of asbestos exposure within the workplace.
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