Phillips
Browder
A total of 10 new asbestos lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court throughout the week of Dec. 21 through Dec. 25.
The following complaints were filed:
--Phlegar Compton of New Jersey, an engineer at various locations throughout Illinois and Pennsylvania from 1940 until 1984, claims mesothelioma. Compton will be represented by Amy E. Garrett and W. Brent Copple of Simmons, Browder, Gianaris, Angelides and Barnerd in East Alton. Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-1391.
--Kenneth Fehribach of Florida, a laborer, production worker, tooling engineer and injection mold operator at various locations throughout the United States from 1948 until 1986, claims mesothelioma. Fehribach was also exposed to asbestos fibers through his father, Lawrence Fehribach, who worked as an assembler and repairman from 1933 until 1972 in Michigan, according to the complaint. Fehribach will be represented by Brian J. Cooke of Simmons, Browder, Gianaris, Angelides and Barnerd in East Alton. Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-1399.
--Pamela Gonzalez of California claims the recently deceased Leanne K. Shipman developed mesothelioma after her work for Montgomery Ward and Company, for Sears Holding Corporation, for Toyota Santa Ana, for Rosalie Ginther, for Power Lift Corporation, for Forty-three, for California Rubber Products, for OA Systems and for Monterey-Carmel Communications Corporation. Shipman was also exposed to asbestos fibers through her former husband, Mark McDonald, who worked as a machinist on military equipment and who performed remodeling projects on apartment buildings around Los Angeles, and through her sister, Ilona Arnedt, who worked as a manufacturer of plastic products at Fesco Plastics Corporation, according to the complaint. Gonzalez will be represented by Richard L. Saville Jr., Ethan A. Flint and Andrew J. Balcer of Saville and Flint in Alton. Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-1392.
--Anton Greiner of Ohio, who worked on personal vehicles in Dayton from 1960 until 1980; who worked in Kingston in a shipyard building an aluminum minesweeper in 1961, who worked as a pipefitter for Globe Verniki from 1959 until 1964, who worked as a pipefitter in 1964 and who worked as a pipefitter for General Motors from 1965 until 1992, claims mesothelioma. Greiner will be represented by Randy L. Gori of Gori, Julian and Associates in Edwardsville. W. Mark Lanier, Patrick N. Haines, R. Craig Bullock and J. Kyle Beale of The Lanier Law Firm in Houston will serve of counsel. Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-1395.
--Dennis and Rachel Landis of Florida claim Dennis Landis developed mesothelioma after his work as a pipefitter in the early 1970s at Martin Welder, as a laborer in 1975 at Johns Manville, as a laborer at Scannell Boiler Works, as a laborer in the late 1970s at Prelco, as a builder of fuel trucks at Tech-Weld in the late 1970s and early 1980s and as a member of the Teamsters Local Union 49. He was also secondarily exposed to asbestos fibers through his father who worked as a teamster truck driver, according to the complaint. The Landises will be represented by Randy L. Gori and Barry Julian of Gori, Julian and Associates in Edwardsville. Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-1394.
--Murriel O'Neill claims the recently deceased Naomi Winter developed mesothelioma after she was exposed to asbestos fibers through a family member, Walter A. Winter, who worked as a laborer from 1950 until 1970 at various locations. O'Neill will be represented by Robert Phillips, Perry J. Browder and Rosalind M. Robertson of Simmons, Browder, Gianaris, Angelides and Barnerd in East Alton. Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-1389.
--Michelle Rice of Texas claims her recently deceased father, Oren Monceaux developed mesothelioma after his work as a laborer and home remodeler at various locations from 1968 until 1979. Rice will be represented by Robert Phillips, Perry J. Browder and Rosalind M. Robertson of Simmons, Browder, Gianaris, Angelides and Barnerd in East Alton. Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-1388.
--Martha Royal of Missouri claims her recently deceased husband, Jerry Royal, developed lung cancer after his work as a machinist and home remodeler at various locations from 1955 until 1979. Royal will be represented by Robert Phillips, Perry J. Browder and Rosalind M. Robertson of Simmons, Browder, Gianaris, Angelides and Barnerd in East Alton. Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-1387.
--John Ward of Nevada claims his recently deceased father, Robert Carroll Ward, developed mesothelioma after his work as a firefighter at various locations throughout Illinois and California from 1969 until 2009. John Ward will be represented by Amy E. Garrett and Sean M. Keane of Simmons, Browder, Gianaris, Angelides and Barnerd in East Alton. Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-1393.
--Keith West Sr. and Ruth West of Michigan claim Keith West Sr. developed mesothelioma after his work as a stationary engineer, laborer, foreman and truck driver at various locations from 1958 until 1998. The Wests will be represented by Nicholas J. Angelides of Simmons, Browder, Gianaris, Angelides and Barnerd in East Alton. Madison County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-1390.