A lawsuit filed by a woman living in Oregon was recently settled for $5.6 million.

The suit was filed after the woman, who owned two ceramics teaching and manufacturing businesses, was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma.

Exposure at Work

Linda O’Donnell, a 66-year-old, a woman who owned the ceramics companies from 1973 to 1993, hired an attorney to investigate her case after she was suddenly diagnosed with mesothelioma.

The attorney’s discovered that several of the talcs that O’Donnell was using as ingredients in her ceramics contained asbestos.

The talcs were allegedly mined by companies in Death Valley, CA, where asbestos was a common contaminant in deposits of talc that were mined.

Husband and Wife File Suit

O’Donnell and her husband, Reginald, filed the suit against the manufacturers and suppliers of the talcs.

Witnesses retained by her attorneys claimed that O’Donnell was exposed to asbestos through the talcs she was using in her ceramics.

The talc that was used in the ceramic clay came in 50-pound sacks that were dumped into a hopper for mixing, which created clouds of dust and large amounts of asbestos.

When the ceramics dried they were sanded to prepare them for glazing, a process that only produced additional asbestos dust.

O’Donnell reportedly engaged in these activities daily throughout her ceramics career.

(Source: PRWeb)

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