ST. LOUIS – A widow alleges several manufacturers failed to warn of the dangers of working with and/or around asbestos.
Joyclyn Olds filed a complaint on April 17 in the St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court against Union Carbide Corp., BP Products North America, Flowserve US Inc., et al. alleging negligence and other counts.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that during her late husband's life, Thomas Olds was exposed to and inhaled or ingested asbestos fibers emanating from certain products manufactured, sold, distributed or installed by defendants while he worked at various locations in Missouri in the 1960s and 1970s. The suit states Thomas Olds was diagnosed with asbestosis and he died on Aug. 5, 2016.
The plaintiff holds Union Carbide Corp., BP Products North America, Flowserve US Inc., et al. because the defendants allegedly failed to provide adequate warnings and instructions concerning the dangers of working with or around products containing asbestos fibers.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks compensatory and punitive damages of more than $75,000 and all other relief that the court may deem just and proper. She is represented by Andrew A. O'Brien, Christopher J. Thoron, Bartholomew J. Baumstark, Gerald J. FitzGerald and Adam J. Reynolds of O'Brien Law Firm PC in St. Louis.
St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court case number 1822-CC00785