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In Ohio, you only have two years from the date of your diagnosis or the death of your loved one to file a mesothelioma lawsuit. This drastically limits the amount of time you have to build a solid claim against the parties responsible for your asbestos exposure. It is critical to work closely with an experienced lawyer who is familiar with these cases and quickly work to substantiate your claim. Contact our mesothelioma lawyers today to learn about your legal rights.
Cleveland Ohio Asbestos Site Exposure List
There are hundreds of locations throughout Cleveland where individuals could have been exposed to asbestos. Some of the more prominent jobsites and other locations linked to potential asbestos exposure in the city include the following:
- 3M
- Abex Corporation
- Acands, Inc.
- Akron, Bedford and Cleveland Railway
- Alcoa Aluminum
- AP Green Refractory Company of Ohio
- Apex International
- Arco
- F. Goodrich Chemical Company
- Carnegie Steel Company
- Chevrolet
- Clark Asbestos Company
- Cleveland City Railway Company
- Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
- Cleveland Hopkins Airport
- Cleveland Works
- Davis Drywall & Insulation
- Diamond Shamrock Chemical
- Dow Chemical Company
- I. Dupont De Nemours & Company
- Erie Railroad Company
- Ford Motor Company
- General Chemical Div Allied Chemical and Dye
- General Electric Company
- General Motors
- Gulf Oil
- Halex Corporation
- Hydro-Blast Corporation
- Industrial Rayon Corp
- Johns Manville Product Corporation
- Lake Erie Electric
- Lake Erie Iron Company
- Lincoln Electric
- Linde Air Products Company
- LTV Steel
- McGean Chemical Company
- Meade Paper Company
- A. S. A.
- National Acme Company
- National Brass
- National Bronze & Aluminum Company
- National Chemical Company
- Ohio Asbestos & Insulation Company
- Ohio Steel Foundry Company
- Oster Electric
- Pennsylvania Railroad Company
- Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
- Sinclair Refinery
- Standard Asbestos Manufacturing & Insulating Company
- Standard Oil Refinery
- S. Steel Corporation
- Union Carbide & Carbon Chemical Corporation
Cleveland Mesothelioma and Asbestos Lawsuits
Given the large number of companies that used asbestos here, Cleveland, Ohio has some significant asbestos verdicts in its history.
In August 2018, a Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas jury returned a verdict of nearly $8.3 million against Union Carbide Corporation based on asbestos exposure to a man who used a joint compound manufactured by Georgia Pacific. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a career electrician who was exposed to the product from 1969 to 1977. After being diagnosed with mesothelioma, the man died about one year later.
An English professor at Tri-C’s East Campus was awarded approximately $27.5 million by a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court jury, representing the largest verdict of its nature in Ohio. The man was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2012 after being subject to second-hand exposure when his father brought asbestos dust home after working at the Eaton Airflex Brake Company for more than 31 years. His father died from lung cancer in 1994. The jury found the defendant’s brake products were defective and primarily responsible for the professor’s cancer.
In 2008, a 64-year-old railroad signal maintainer who developed lung cancer after drilling holes in backboards that contained asbestos was awarded $2.7million by a Cleveland, Ohio jury against the railroad defendant.
In 2018, a Saginaw, Michigan jury found against Cleveland-based Ferro Engineering and awarded a $1.8 million verdict, plus costs, to the family of a man who developed lung cancer. The man was a steel worker for 30 years and was diagnosed with 15 years after he retired from his job. The jury found that the company was aware their products caused cancer yet failed to protect consumers.
