The review of the Grover – Ingersoll-Rand – Take Home – Asbestos – Mesothelioma case documents what many secondary exposure – (secondary asbestos dust exposure – secondhand asbestos exposure) – victims may face today – past potential secondary exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma. The court ruled on the motion to dismiss.
To find out more on the case, see Case No. 12-1185-SLR-CJB – April 24, 2014.
A brief summary of the facts include:
- [Groover] commenced suit against several defendants on September 27, 2011.
- [Groover] contends that he was married to [Decedent] until she died of mesothelioma on October 26, 2010.
- [Groover] claims that from 1973 to 2010 he worked in a Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania refinery which contained asbestos.
- [Groover] claims that while on the job he got asbestos on his work clothes from [Westinghouse’s] turbines and from [Sarco’s] steam traps.
- [Groover] further contends that he would come home on a daily basis still wearing his work clothing, which would then be laundered on a consistent basis by [Decedent].
- According to [Groover], [Decedent] was exposed to asbestos from her contact with [Groover’s] work clothing, and contracted mesothelioma as a result.
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