Lawsuit Filed By Former Hoffman LaRoche Employee Alleging Asbestos Related Disease
Asbestos Litigation
A lawsuit was filed alleging that a former pharmaceutical maintenance specialist at Hoffman-LaRoche in Nutley, New Jersey, was exposed to asbestos fiber and suffers from asbestosis. The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court, asserts that he suffered injurious exposure to asbestos as a direct result of his exposure to asbestos fiber at work. The former worker brought the action against several manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos fiber.
The lawsuit, LaGreca v. CBS Corporation, was filed Friday in the Superior Court of New Jersey by the law
firm of Jon L. Gelman LLC, and Motley Rice LLC, on behalf of the injured worker. It alleges that those companies that mined, processed, and sold asbestos-containing products were knowledgeable about the harmful effects of exposure to asbestos and asbestos-containing products and failed to provide those exposed with knowledge of possible precautions to protect against the harmful effects of asbestos exposure.
Asbestosis is a progressive pulmonary disease associated with asbestos exposure. The rates of asbestos-related fatalities are predicted to continue for decades to come. Despite public outcry and the urging of physicians, asbestos is still not banned in the United States.
Attorney Jon L. Gelman, who has been litigating asbestos exposure claims for over five decades, said, “It is alleged the asbestos companies put into the stream of commerce a defective, unsafe, and inherently dangerous product and failed to provide reasonable warnings.”
The defendants are CBS Corporation, n/k/a Viacom Inv., Frank A. McBride Co., Gould Pumps, Industrial Holding Corp., Ingersoll-Rand Company, and Wheeler Protective Apparel Inc.
Attorney Contact: Jon L. Gelman of Jon L. Gelman LLC, Wayne, NJ, 973.696.7900 or visit http://www.gelmans.com.
Jon L. Gelman, practices law in Wayne, NJ. He is the author of NJ Workers’ Compensation Law (Thomson-Reuters) and co-author of the national treatise Modern Workers’ Compensation Law (Thomson-Reuters). For over five decades, the Law Offices of Jon L Gelman 1.973.696.7900 jon@gelmans.com have represented injured workers and their families who have suffered occupational accidents and illnesses.
Recommended Citation: Gelman, Jon L., Lawsuit Filed By Former Hoffman LaRoche Employee Alleging Asbestos Related Disease, (2011), https://www.gelmans.com/ReadingRoom/tabid/65/ArtMID/1482/ArticleID/1005/preview/true/Default.aspx
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