Asbestos-related lung cancer lawsuit names 25 companies
April 12th, 2010 – A man in Dunbar, West Virginia has filed a lawsuit against 25 companies that he claims failed to warn him about asbestos exposure during his working tenure, thus contributing to his lung cancer diagnosis.
According to documents filed in a Kanawha Circuit Court, Norris Gene Keeling was diagnosed with asbestos-related lung cancer on October 28, 2009, the West Virginia Record reports.
Keeling and his mesothelioma attorneys claim that he was exposed to asbestos products manufactured by the 25 defendants while working at a variety of job sites during his career.
The 25 companies named in the suit included such giants as Flowserve FSD, General Electric, Ingersoll-Rand, Metropolitan Life Insurance, United States Steel and Viacom.
The plaintiff is suing for negligence, failure to maintain contaminated buildings, breach of expressed and implied warranty, strict liability, intentional tort, conspiracy, misrepresentations and post-sale duty to warn, says the news provider.
The jury trial has already been assigned to a visiting judge.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has regulated the use of asbestos on many job sites because the majority of mesothelioma cancer cases are linked to occupational asbestos exposure. 
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