Mervyn Winter had worked at an ice cream factory for years, from 1951 to 1978, never realizing that he was contracting mesothelioma. He had been a night shift overseer at an old ice cream factory called Amscol where his nightly assignment of stirring the milk vats brought him up a flight of stairs and past some pipes that Mr. Winter reported brushing against regularly. His lawyer’s investigation found that every when those pipes were shifted, asbestos fibers and dust were released into the air, easily inhalable by Mr. Winter. There had also been reports of asbestos in the roof sheeting and in the maintenance workshop at Amscol.
Mr. Winter died on the 6th of July, 2006, just a year after recieving compensation. According to Mr. Winter’s family, the 83-year-old man hadn’t been concerned with the compensation money – he went to courts to bring the effects of asbestos from his workplace into light and to figure out exactly what had happened to him.
If you or someone you know has contracted mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure, please feel free to contact a personal injury attorney specializing in mesothelioma cases such as Heard, Robins, Cloud and Lubel, LLP, of Houston, Texas.
