Ingersoll-Rand Co. remains on the hook for $7 million in damages to the family of a woman exposed to asbestos on her husband’s work clothes, a Louisiana appeals court ruled (Williams v. Placid Oil Co., 2017 BL 268746, La. Ct. App., 3d Cir., 16-839, 8/2/17).
The family of Myra Williams proved a causal connection between her mesothelioma and Ingersoll-Rand products, the court affirmed.
The evidence showed that Ingersoll-Rand made compressors installed in her husband’s work place that used insulation containing asbestos, and that vibrations of the compressors while running caused the release of asbestos fibers and dust from ...
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