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"CHARLESTON -- A Walker, W.Va., couple is suing 114 companies they claim are responsible for a lung cancer diagnosis.<br /><br />In January, James L. Van Camp Sr. was diagnosed with lung cancer, according to a complaint filed May 21 in Kanawha Circuit Court.<br /><br />Van Camp and his wife, Carol Sue Van Camp claim the 114 defendants exposed him to asbestos during his career as an insulator from 1954 until 1996.<br /><br />The defendants are being sued based on theories of negligence, contaminated buildings, breach of expressed/implied warranty, strict liability, intentional tort, conspiracy, misrepresentation and post-sale duty to warn, according to the suit.<br /><br />The Van Camps are seeking a jury trial to resolve all issues involved. They are being represented by Craig E. Coleman.<br /><br />The case has been assigned to a visiting judge.<br /><br />The 114 companies named as defendants are A.W. Chesterton Company; Air & Liquid Systems Corporation; Allied Corporation; Wyeth Holdings Corporation; American Electric Power; American Electric Power Service Corporation; Appalachian Power Company; Aristech Chemical Corporation; A.K. Steel Corporation; Ashland Oil, Inc.; Aurora Pump Company; B.F. Goodrich Company; Bayer Corporation; Bayer Cropscience LP; Beazer East, Inc.; 4520 Corporation, Inc.; Borg-Warner Corporation; Brand Insulations, Inc.; BW IP, Inc.; Cameron International Corporation; Catalytic Construction Company; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Columbus McKinnon Corporation; Crane Co.; Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; Dezurik, Inc.; The Dow Chemical Company; E. I. Dupont De Nemours and Company; Eaton Corporation; Elkem Metals, Inc.; Elkem Metals Company &ndash; Alloy, LP; Elkem Materials, Inc.; Elkem Chemicals, Inc.; FB Wright Company; Fisher Controls International, Inc.; Flowserve US, Inc. f/k/a Durco International, Inc.; Flowserve US, Inc., individually and as successor-in-interest to Durametallic Corp.; FMC Corporation; Foseco, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; General Electric Company; Geo. V. Hamilton, Inc.; Georgia Pacific Corporation; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Gordon Gasket & Packing Co.; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Greene Tweed & Company; Grinnell, LLC; Hedman Resources Limited; Honeywell International; I.U. North America, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Insul Company, Inc.; ITT Corporation; John Crane, Inc.; Joy Technologies, Inc.; Kentucky Power Company; Lockheed Martin Corporation; 3M Company; McCann Shields Paint Company; McJunkin Corporation; McNally Industries; Met Pro Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Meuller Steam Specialty; Monongahela Power Company; Monsanto Company; Nagle Pumps, Inc.; National Service Industries Venture, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Oglebay Norton Company and its division Ferro Engineering; Ohio Power Company; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Pneumo Abex Corporation; Rapid American Corporation; Reading Crane; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automations, Inc.; Roper Pump Company; Schneider Electrical USA, Inc.; Shell Chemical Company; Spirax Sarco, Inc.; State Electric Supply Company; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), LLC; Stockham Valves & Fittings; Sunbeam Corporation; Superior Boiler Works, Inc.; Surface Combustion, Inc.; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; The Gorman-Rupp Company; The William Powell Company; Thiem Corporation; Trane U.S. Inc.; UB West Virginia, Inc.; Union Carbide Corporation; Uniroyal, Inc.; United Engineers & Constructors and Washington Group International; United States Steel Corporation, LLC; Viacom, Inc.; Viking Pump, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; Virginia Electric and Power Company; Warren Pumps, Inc.; Weil-McLain Company; Westvaco Corporation; West Virginia Electric Supply Company; Yarway Corporation; Zenith Pumps; and Zurn Industries, Inc.<br /><br />Kanawha Circuit Court case number: 12-C-933"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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