A Louisiana judge ruled that plaintiff Edward Alberes provided enough evidence of his five-day exposure to asbestos to receive compensation from his employer. The case reaches back as far as 1953 when Alberes began work in construction. From then until 2006, he was exposed to asbestos countless times, but the major cause of his asbestosis, he feels, was a five-day period in the late 1970s-early 1980s that he spent installing and removing asbestos-containing gaskets.
Goodrich, the company Alberes worked for, declared that Alberes’s five-day workplace asbestos exposure under its employment was inconsequential in the long run given his career path as a laborer and construction worker. The appellate judges found that Goodrich was unable to cite any case law supporting its arguments, whereas Alberes had the testimony of doctors and an industrial hygienist.
Every exposure to asbestos increases your chances of developing asbestos related diseases, like asbestosis or mesothelioma.
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