Wrongful Death Claim Filed for Mesothelioma Related Death

The Meigs County Common Pleas Court received its first wrongful death case for mesothelioma on behalf of Margaret Valentino. There are also 26 other co-defendants listed that are seeking a judgment for liability for illness and death, breach of warranty, negligence, product liability, concealment, conspiracy and willful misconduct against several companies they believe to have wronged Margaret Valentino by exposing her to asbestos.

Mesothelioma is a rare and extremely aggressive form of cancer that is nearly always linked to asbestos exposure. It can take as long as 15 to 40 years to manifest itself in someone like Valentino was first diagnosed with mesothelioma in June2009. At that point the progression of the cancer was so great that she only lived another two months past that date.

The lawsuit states that as a result of her occupation, a nurse for several hospitals in the area including Mount Carmel Health and St. Ann's Hospital, she was exposed to asbestos routinely.

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