Missouri resident James A. Walsh filed an asbestos lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court on September 17, 2008, claiming that his wife’s asbestos-related mesothelioma was caused by negligence on the part of 30 defendant corporations.
Walsh claims that his wife, Dianna Walsh, was negligently exposed to asbestos fibers carried home on her father’s clothes. The father of Diana Walsh, Robert Holder, was employed as a boiler operator at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City and as a plumbing and heating technician from the years of 1954 to 1972.
Walsh claims that his wife’s father’s employers should have foreseen and anticipated the danger of this third-party exposure and properly notified their employees.
James A. Walsh is seeking damages of amounts totaling more than $200,000 for the cost of medical care, lost wages and future financial support, and the costs for funeral and burial. Compensation is also being sought for both the mental and physical pain and suffering endured by his late wife as well as the pain and suffering her untimely death has caused him and his family.
Employers handling asbestos containing materials are obligated to provide proper cleaning facilities for workers handling these materials.
