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Baron & Budd, P.C.
Court Finds Exxon Ignored Asbestos Warnings, Imperiled Workers
October 18th, 2008
Although company officials were aware of the dangers of asbestos in their Louisiana riverboats, chemical plants and oil refineries as early as 1937, Exxon Mobil Corporation (XON) failed to implement any type of safety measures to protect their workers, ruled the Louisiana First Court of Appeal recently. The Court affirmed a trial court's 2006 judgment awarding substantial damages to the family of a former Exxon employee who died of mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer, announced Baron & Budd, P.C. "Exxon's own documents reveal that the company knew that the use of asbestos insulation in the petroleum industry was hazardous to workers like our client," said Renee...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-10-18)
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