ST. LOUIS – A woman alleges her mother developed and died of mesothelioma after she was exposed to asbestos from washing her husband's work clothes.
Jane F. Lindstrom filed a complaint on Aug. 28 in the St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court against Union Carbide Corp., BASF Corp., Kraft Foods Inc., et al. alleging negligence and other counts.
According to the complaint, between 1964 and 1986, the plaintiff's mother, Susan Lindstrom, was exposed to asbestos fibers while laundering her husband's asbestos-contaminated work clothes. The suit states her father worked as bowling alley mechanic in Melrose Park, Illinois.
The suit states on or about May 9, Susan Lindstrom was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an asbestos-induced disease, and died on June 17.
The plaintiff holds Union Carbide Corp., BASF Corp., Kraft Foods Inc., et al. responsible because the defendants allegedly failed to discontinue the use or sale of asbestos after they knew or should have known asbestos was hazardous 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 requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment against the defendants of more than $25,000, and all further relief as the court may deem proper and just. 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-CC11114