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Seaman sues over asbestos exposure

U.S. Navy and other branches of the military employed asbestos products in ships, buildings, and other military facilities throughout the 20th Century and thousands of servicemen and women came into contact with asbestos fibers and are at risk for mesothelioma. There are many Navy and Coast Guard ships were constructed with asbestos. Recently a resident of Louisiana filed a common interest suit against his former employer, claiming the employer failed to provide a safe atmosphere to work and allowed him to be exposed to asbestos. On June 21, Jerry Foster filed a common interest suit in the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division against J. Ray McDermott Inc. and McDermott Inc.

From 1991 until 2000 the defendant worked as a welder-helper and pipe welder working laying pipeline on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. In his mesothelioma case, he accuses the defendants of failing to provide him with safe and appropriate work place and tools, failing to ensure safe guidelines, failing to effectively train and supervises its employees and failing to identify and warn of known hazards. Besides that he claiming that in the work site, he was exposed to hazardous qualities of noise.

He was approached the mesothelioma lawyer to seeking damages for physical pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of learning capacity, physical impairment, mental anguish, medical expenses, loss of household services, fear of future mesothelioma cancer, maintenance and cure plus interest, court costs and attorney fees.