A West Virginia man who says he developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos dust brought home on the clothes of his father is suing U.S. Steel and several other companies, seeking compensation for medical expenses as well as pain and suffering.

According to an article in the West Virginia Record, Jennings Bartlett and his wife, Beulah, of Phillippi, filed the suit Feb. 20 in Kanawha Circuit Court against the company where his father worked when Mr. Bartlett was a child as well as other companies that may have been responsible for his developing asbestosis and then mesothelioma.

The suit states that Bartlett’s father worked as a welder at U.S. Steel. During his employment there, Bartlett claims his father carried the asbestos home on his clothing and his person.

In addition to his childhood exposure, Bartlett himself worked at various automobile dealerships, garages and other similar locations, performing mechanical repair work on brakes and clutches that may have contained asbestos.

In the 12-count suit, Bartlett specifically claims that Unarco, Johns-Manville, Raybestos, Manhattan, H.K. Porter, American Asbestos Textile Corp., Asten Hill Manufacturing Co., and Pneumo Abex Corporation, Friction Products Division and its predecessors, including American Brake Block, were “part of a conspiracy to suppress the harmful effects of asbestos.”

Beulah Bartlett claims she suffered loss of general services, companionship and society of her husband. In this joint suit, the Bartlett’s seek compensatory and punitive damages for their injuries.

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