Sroka, Union Carbide, Asbestos & Mesothelioma: A recent case in the United States District Court, D. Maryland, Northern Division ruled on a motion for remand.

The Sroka, Union Carbide, Asbestos & Mesothelioma case documents what many asbestos exposure victims and others may face today – past potential direct and secondary exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma.

The court ruled: Motion to Remand is GRANTED

A brief summary of the facts include:

• From 1957 through the 1990s, Sroka worked as a union steamfitter and pipefitter at various shipyard sites throughout Baltimore, Maryland.
• From 1964 to 1997, Sroka worked for the U.S. Coast Guard at the Curtis Bay Yard, in Baltimore.
• Sroka allegedly breathed “clouds of visible asbestos dust” when he was exposed to the Defendants’ asbestos-containing marinite and micarta panels while working at those shipyard sites.
• Sroka alleges that the Defendants’ asbestos products lacked warnings.
• On August 24, 2012, Sroka was diagnosed with mesothelioma.
• On December 8, 2012, Sroka died.
• Norman W. Lemley, a retired U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Captain, averred that the Coast Guard approved the use of asbestos-containing marinite panels in the early 1930s.
• Lemley further averred that “[f]ire resistant insulation and bulkhead materials [were] required to be approved by the United States Coast Guard” under 46 C.F.R. §§ 164.009, 164.007, and 164.012.
• Marinite was a “standard” component of a ship’s interior finish. 
• Asbestos was a “major component of marinate . . . until the late 70s.” 
• Shipbuilding specifications included “asbestos composition panels,” i.e., marinate.

To find out more on the case, see Case No.  WDGQ-13-3281 – February 24, 2015.

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