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"CHARLESTON -- A Hacker Valley man is suing 69 companies he claims are responsible for his mesothelioma diagnosis.<br /><br />Danny L. Coombs was diagnosed with mesothelioma on Oct. 25, 2011, according to a complaint filed Jan. 12 in Kanawha Circuit Court.<br /><br />Coombs claims he was exposed to asbestos during his career from the 1950s until 1977.<br /><br />The defendants failed to warn Coombs of the dangers of asbestos and failed to protect him from asbestos, according to the suit.<br /><br />The 69 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 />Coombs is seeking a jury trial to resolve all issues involved. He is being represented by Victoria L. Antion, Scott A. McGee and Bronwyn I. Rinehart.<br /><br />The case has been assigned to a visiting judge.<br /><br />The 69 defendants named in the suit are 3M Company; A.O. Smith Corporation; A.W. Chesterton Company; Ajax Magnethermic Corporation; Allied Glove Corporation; Aurora Pump Company; Borg-Warner Corporation; Burlington Industries, Inc.; Carrier Corporation; Catalytic Construction Company; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Crane Company; Dravo Corporation; Eaton Electrical, Inc.; Erie City Iron Works; Flowserve US, Inc.; FMC Corporation; Ford Motor Company; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; General Electric Company, Inc.; Genuine Parts Company; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Greene Tweed & Company; Grinnell, LLC; Hercules, Inc.; Hinchcliff Products Company; Honeywell International; Honeywell, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; ITT Corporation; Keisey-Hayes Company; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Maremont Corporation; McJunkin Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Modern Tool & Die Company; Nagle Pumps; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Oakfabco, Inc.; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Owens-Illnois, Inc.; Pneumo Abex Corp.; Premiere Refractories, Inc.; Rapid American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Rust Constructors, Inc.; Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc.; Rust International, Inc.; Sager Corporation; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA) LLC; Sunbeam Corporation; Surface Combustion, Inc.; Swindell Dressier International Corporation; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; The William Powell Company; Trumbull Asphalt; UB West Virginia, Inc.; Uniroyal, Inc.; United Conveyor Corporation; URS Energy & Construction, Inc.; Vermont American Corporation; Viacom, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; Yarway Corporation; and Zurn Industries, Inc.<br /><br /><em>Kanawha Circuit Court case number: 12-C-90</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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