Shell Oil Worker Awarded $34.1 Million in Cancer Suit, AP
Says
An Illinois jury awarded $34.1 million Friday to a man who claimed
he got cancer after working with asbestos at a Shell Oil Co. refinery,
the Associated Press reported. Attorneys for James Hutcheson, 64,
who was employed at a company that did roofing work at a Shell Refinery
in Illinois in the 1950s and 1960s, alleged Shell knew as early
as 1945 that asbestos causes cancer, though it did nothing to warn
workers of the danger. A Shell spokeswoman countered that the verdict
``is not supported by the facts or law,'' and said the company plans
to appeal, AP said.
Edwardsville, Illinois, May 21
(Bloomberg)
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