Ex-Plumber Claims Asbestos Exposure Caused Cancer
Timothy Wysocki, a 64-year-old plumber and pipe-fitter, is suing John Crane Inc. and J.A.
Sexauer Manufacturing Co. for exposing him to asbestos containing packing products. He claims
exposure to these products is what caused him to develop cancer and other related illnesses.
Wysocki worked with these products from mid 1970-to the early 1980’s.
Wysocki was diagnosed with colon cancer through routine colonoscopy, and received
both chemotherapy and radiation in an attempt to eradicate the cancer.
However, by 2016, the tumor had metastasized and reached the lymph nodes, greatly
increasing his mortality risk. Hopes of surgery to remove the cancer were abandoned. He
continued to treat it via chemotherapy and radiation.
Despite treatments, in 2017 the tumor grew so large it compressed Wysocki’s urethra,
causing kidney disease. He now cannot urinate without the use of a catheter. It continued to
get worse in 2018 and metastasized to his abdomen and lungs.
Wysocki claims that this was caused by his plumbing and pipe-fitting job. As a pipefitter,
Wysocki handled John Crane and J.A. Sexauer’s packaging, cutting, trimming, and possibly
inhaling the asbestos containing microfibers. Before he could properly assert this theory,
however, he needed to test the actual product and see if they were in fact contaminated.
As an expert in microscopy and material science, Wysocki proved that the fibers used in
the packaging do become airborne and would have the ability to be inhaled. This led him to
argue that John Crane and J.A. Sexauer did not properly warn about the danger of using their
products. John Crane and J.A. Sexauer did not deny that they had not used the proper labeling
to warn of the dangers and also did not deny that the packaging did have the ability to be
inhaled. The companies also admitted to their packaging containing asbestos, just as Wysocki
had claimed.
The jury therefor ruled in favor of Wysocki and he received 2.15 million dollars in
compensation.
adxasbestos removal.com 125 S Clark St Chicago, IL
Timothy Wysocki, a 64-year-old plumber and pipe-fitter, is suing John Crane Inc. and J.A.
Sexauer Manufacturing Co. for exposing him to asbestos containing packing products. He claims
exposure to these products is what caused him to develop cancer and other related illnesses.
Wysocki worked with these products from mid 1970-to the early 1980’s.
Wysocki was diagnosed with colon cancer through routine colonoscopy, and received
both chemotherapy and radiation in an attempt to eradicate the cancer.
However, by 2016, the tumor had metastasized and reached the lymph nodes, greatly
increasing his mortality risk. Hopes of surgery to remove the cancer were abandoned. He
continued to treat it via chemotherapy and radiation.
Despite treatments, in 2017 the tumor grew so large it compressed Wysocki’s urethra,
causing kidney disease. He now cannot urinate without the use of a catheter. It continued to
get worse in 2018 and metastasized to his abdomen and lungs.
Wysocki claims that this was caused by his plumbing and pipe-fitting job. As a pipefitter,
Wysocki handled John Crane and J.A. Sexauer’s packaging, cutting, trimming, and possibly
inhaling the asbestos containing microfibers. Before he could properly assert this theory,
however, he needed to test the actual product and see if they were in fact contaminated.
As an expert in microscopy and material science, Wysocki proved that the fibers used in
the packaging do become airborne and would have the ability to be inhaled. This led him to
argue that John Crane and J.A. Sexauer did not properly warn about the danger of using their
products. John Crane and J.A. Sexauer did not deny that they had not used the proper labeling
to warn of the dangers and also did not deny that the packaging did have the ability to be
inhaled. The companies also admitted to their packaging containing asbestos, just as Wysocki
had claimed.
The jury therefor ruled in favor of Wysocki and he received 2.15 million dollars in
compensation.
adxasbestos removal.com 125 S Clark St Chicago, IL
