Having received a jury verdict of twelve million dollars, James Grumley has settled with Garlock Sealing Technologies for a confidential amount. Grumley was diagnosed with malignant pleura mesothelioma in 2006 after having worked for decades as a boiler mechanic at a Johnsonburg paper mill. For all those years he was exposed to asbestos on the boilers as well as the asbestos gaskets and rope packing.
“Jim Grumley’s cancer was entirely preventable. Asbestos was just too
profitable for Garlock. The worst thing about it is that instead of
promptly eliminating asbestos from their gaskets and packing once they knew
what asbestos could do, Garlock chose to spend decades devising ways to
cover up the cancers its asbestos products cause,” said
attorney John Langdoc.
“It breaks my heart because he did everything right,” said his son Bob.
“He raised us, he educated us, he labored for us. He did everything right
and he shouldn’t have to go through what he’s going through. No man, no
person should have to go through what’s facing him.”
