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"A former Granite City worker recently diagnosed with mesothelioma  has filed an asbestos suit against 75 defendant corporations, claiming the disease was wrongfully caused.<br /><br />Robert A. Carr claims he was diagnosed with the disease Aug. 15, according to a lawsuit filed Sept. 8 in Madison County Circuit Court.<br /><br />Carr says he worked from 1948 until 1993 as an industrial maintenance and instrumentation worker at different facilities in Granite City, Niagra, Wis., and Escanaba, Mich., according to the lawsuit.<br /><br />Carr states his exposure was foreseeable and should have been anticipated by the defendants, according to the lawsuit.<br /><br />He claims his disease was caused after he was exposed to and inhaled, ingested or otherwise absorbed asbestos fibers. <br /><br />Carr alleges the asbestos-related disease has disabled and disfigured him and has caused him substantial medical costs. Carr also has experienced great physical pain and mental anguish as a result of the disease, he claims in the lawsuit.<br /><br />Mesothelioma hindered and prevented Carr from pursuing his normal course of employment, according to the suit. <br /><br />As a result, he lost large sums of money, he claims.<br /><br />In the four-count lawsuit, Carr seeks sums in excess of $300,000, plus costs of the suit and any other relief the court deems just.<br /><br />He has demanded a jury trial.<br /><br />He is represented by Andrew O'Brien, Christopher Thoron, Christina J. Nielsen, Bartholomew J. Baumstark, Gerald J. Fitzgerald of O'Brien Law Firm in St. Louis."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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