MESOTHELIOMA

The mesothelioma is the rare shape of cancer which most generally affects the lining of the lungs. The quantity of people diagnosed with the disease increases every year firmly, as those which were exposed to asbestos decades ago test finally symptoms. The mesothelioma occurs when toxic asbestos fibres are inhaled or introduced into with the body.

The reed indicates that it was employed as a workman, an engineer, and a worker of maintenance between 1947 and 1992 in several various places in Illinois. Moreover, the father of the reed of Donald, reed of Hermann, worked between 1941 and 1973 in Boeing Company. Complaints of reed of Donald his father were also exposed to asbestos during its employment, and that both him and his/her father transported the asbestos house on their clothing.

The reed set in motion the procedure against a total of 60 companies, claiming its disease was wrongly caused by the negligence of the defendants. According to the lawsuit of the reed, the defendants knew or should have known the dangers of the asbestos exposure. The costume states that its exposure was foreseeable and should be envisaged by the defendants.

Among the sixty defendants is Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, that the reed believes conspired with other defendants to represent badly and remove information on the dangers of asbestos.

The reed claims the defendants since tried to hide the secret documents which would prove that they had the preceding knowledge of the risks of asbestos. Complaints of reed also it would have taken the precautions necessary to prevent the exposure if information had not been removed.

Moreover, he believes that the documents that the defendants removed or destroyed have negatively affected its capacity to claim with considerable and proportioned quantity compensation for its damage. The lawsuit of the reed seeks the compensation at least of $350.000, as well as an additional sum for punitive damages.