Prior to his employment with the State of West Virginia, plaintiff had previously worked as a mechanic at various Exxon gasoline stations. Suit was filed against various suppliers, distributors and manufacturers of gasoline, inks, and solvent materials.
Plaintiff worked as an automobile mechanic for seven years beginning in 1983, and began his employment as a sign maker for the Division of Highways in 1990. He was exposed to benzene-containing gasoline, mixed solvents, aromatic hydrocarbon-containing products as well as chlorinated hydrocarbon-containing products and hydroquinone-containing products.
He contracted non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2012, and has been unable to work since December 2012. Defendants include: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Safety-Kleen Systems, Radiator Specialty Company, CRC Industries, W. Va. Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, Nazadar Company, Individually and as Successor-by-Acquisition/Merger to Advance Process Supply Co., Advance Process Supply, 3M Company, Fujifilm North America Corporation, as Successor-by Merger to Fujifilm Sericol U.S.A., Inc., as Successor-by-Merger to Sericol, Inc., and Uncommon Conglomerates, Inc., a Division of Cyberbond, LLC. Ansell. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al. , Marshall County, West Virginia Circuit Court, Civil Action No.: 13-C-119-K.
