A woman in Galveston has filed suit against several companies claiming that her Mesothelioma was caused by asbestos particles carried into her home on her father’s clothing when he came in from work. Companies named in the suit include Marathon Petroleum Company, BASF, Todd Shipyard and Monsanto.
The suit contends Chason “was exposed to large quantities of asbestos from the products and/or machinery manufactured, sold, designed, supplied, distributed, mined, milled relabeled, resold, processed, applied, or installed by the above-named Defendants.”
It also alleges that the defendants knew of the dangers from asbestos exposure but failed to provide any warning or protection to its employees including her father. Each day when he came home from work asbestos particles from his clothing became airborne. Only years later would she be diagnosed with mesothelioma, a disease that only shows up 30 to 50 years after asbestos exposure.
