ST. LOUIS – A former sheetmetal worker alleges exposure to asbestos during his career caused him to develop cancer.
Joseph Kelsch filed a complaint on July 18 in the St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court against Borg-Warner Corp., Duro Dyne Corp., Pfizer Inc., et al. alleging strict liability, negligence and other counts.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that at various times during his career in North Dakota in the 1960s and 1970s, he was exposed to and inhaled or ingested asbestos fibers emanating from certain products manufactured, sold, distributed or installed by defendants. The suit states that on or about Jan. 4, he first became aware that he developed lung cancer, an asbestos-induced disease, and that the disease was wrongfully caused.
The plaintiff holds Borg-Warner Corp., Duro Dyne Corp., Pfizer Inc., et al. responsible because the defendants allegedly intentionally included asbestos fibers in their products when they knew that it had toxic, poisonous and highly deleterious effect to human health and failed to provide adequate warnings and instructions concerning the dangers of working with or around products containing asbestos fibers.
The plaintiff seeks compensatory damages of more than $50,000, plus costs of this action and interest and all further relief as the court deems just and equitable. He is represented by Benjamin R. Schmickle and Matthew C. Morris of SWMW Law LLC in St. Louis.
St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court case number 1822-CC10786