An asbestos-related lawsuit has recently been filed in the Madison County Court alleging that a man’s development of and subsequent death from mesothelioma was wrongfully caused by his former employers. The suit was filed on behalf of Arnold Egan by his son Arnold Egan Jr. who resides in Florida.
In the lawsuit Arnold Egan Jr. has stated that his father was employed as a line supervisor, tool and dye maker, manufacturing engineer, and as an engineering systems manager at a number of various locations throughout both Massachusetts and Illinois. Arnold Egan was employed at such locations between the years 1947 and 1987.
It was during this time that Egan’s son claims that his father was exposed to the asbestos materials that resulted in his diagnosis of mesothelioma.
It is the feeling of Egan’s son that the consequences of working with such materials should have been foreseen by his employers and exposure prevented with the proper protective equipment required when working with such materials.
Mesothelioma is a disease that can be caused by even a small amount of asbestos exposure. Due to the long latency period of the disease treatment options are often very limited by the time diagnosis occurs. In many cases the individuals who are diagnosed with the disease pass away only a short time following initial diagnosis.
