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"A Tennessee man has filed an asbestos suit on behalf of a recently deceased Alabama man against 54 defendant corporations, claiming the mesothelioma with which the Alabamian was diagnosed was wrongfully caused.<br /><br />Joseph N. Pryor claims Charles D. Tucker was diagnosed with the disease in October 2007 and died Feb. 1, according to a lawsuit filed Sept. 12 in Madison County Circuit Court.<br /><br />Pryor says Tucker worked from the 1960s through the 1980s as a construction worker and mechanic at various locations, according to the lawsuit.<br /><br />Pryor states Tucker's exposure was foreseeable and should have been anticipated by the defendants, according to the lawsuit.<br /><br />He claims Tucker's disease was caused after he was exposed to and inhaled, ingested or otherwise absorbed asbestos fibers. <br /><br />Pryor alleges the asbestos-related disease caused Tucker to incur substantial medical costs. Tucker also has experienced great physical pain and mental anguish as a result of the disease, Pryor claims in the lawsuit.<br /><br />Mesothelioma hindered and prevented Tucker from pursuing his normal course of employment, according to the suit. <br /><br />As a result, he lost large sums of money, Pryor claims.<br /><br />Because of Tucker's death, his family has been deprived of his support and has lost his society, the suit states.<br /><br />His family spent substantial amounts on funeral and burial costs, according to the complaint.<br /><br />In the three-count lawsuit, Pryor seeks sums in excess of $100,000 and punitive and exemplary damages in excess of $50,000.<br /><br />He is represented by Richard L. Saville, Robert J. Evola, Ethan A. Flint and David Page of Saville, Evola & Flint in Alton."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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