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If you have recently been diagnosed with mesothelioma, it is important that you have an experienced mesothelioma lawyer on your side who can discuss your rights and legal options. You have a limited amount of time to file a claim, so don’t delay in preserving your rights.

Charleston West Virginia Asbestos Site Exposure List

As the largest city in West Virginia, Charleston had dozens of workplaces that once used asbestos and exposed workers to this dangerous material. Locations where workers may have been exposed to asbestos include the following:

• A & I Company
• Acands, Inc.
• Allied Services Incorporated
• Amherst Industries, Inc.
• AP Green F B Company of Ohio
• Appalachian Power Company
• Ashland Oil & Refinery Company
• Carbide & Carbon Chemical
• Columbia Gas Company
• I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company
• Ford Motor Company
• Goodrich Gulf Chemical Company Institute
• John Amos Powerhouse
• Libbey-Owens Ford Glass Company
• Monongahela Power Company
• Monsanto Chemical Company
• Ohio Power Company
• Owens Illinois Glass Company
• Port Amherst
• Union Carbide Chemical Company
• United Engineering & Foundry Company
• United States Naval Ordnance Plant
• West Elementary School
• Westvaco Chemical Div.

Asbestos & Mesothelioma Lawsuits in Charleston and Kanawha County

Kanawha County has seen its fair share of asbestos and mesothelioma cases. In 2002, a trial in Charleston resulted in the jury finding Dow Chemical Company’s Union Carbide being found liable for thousands of asbestos-related illnesses and deaths. 8,000 plaintiffs were originally involved in the case against 250 named corporations. Most of these cases were settled or resulted in dismissed claims, but 2,000 plaintiffs continued with the case against Union Carbide. The plaintiffs alleged that they were exposed to asbestos in insulation in Union Carbide’s chemical plants or by products like joint compound manufactured by the company. The jury concluded that the company should compensate victims for exposure in their plants from 1945 to 1980 and by exposure from their products from 1964 to 1972. After the jury found Union Carbide liable, a series of hearings were scheduled to assess damages in individual cases.

Also in 2002, a Kanawha County jury returned a $6.5 million verdict in favor of the survivors of a man who died at age 52 from mesothelioma after inhaling asbestos dust as a young child. The man experienced secondhand exposure of asbestos dust. His father worked as a pipe coverer at the DuPonte Belle, West Virginia plant.

In 2014, a Charleston Circuit Court jury returned a verdict against John Crane, Inc. after finding that products that contained asbestos caused a former pipefitter to contract mesothelioma. The man had worked as a pipefitter for a local union for 41 years before eventually retiring. During this time, he worked with gaskets produced by the manufacturer. The jury found John Crane negligent by failing to warn the man of the dangers of its products and that the gaskets were defective. Before the verdict, the amount of damages had already been stipulated by the parties.