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I a U a a a a a k Lung-cancer victim wins $850,000 in asbestos suit BY FORREST L. BLACK Of The Bulletin Staff In a pretrial statement, Feldman ment on the settlement, citing an alleged negligence In the manufac agreement of confidentiality that turing and sale of the aahestoa prod wai approved by attorneys for both J.A Delaware County man . who, ucts, failure to warn users of haz- sides in negotiations supervised by suffers from a form aUm*.cancer inrii and to advice theap.on proper - Judge R. Barclay SuWck. .called mesothelioma has won an precautions,, Carman, M,* is suffering from the JttO.OOO out-of-court setttemenj frpm. . n.Similar .wits seekingdamages for . cancer of the outside layer of the ^manufacturers qf asbestos products. ashestoa^ated hagUh- .problems iunjt which was Caused by, "exposure tlie settlement came before the have been/lied in federal court and to all forms of asbestos, with a laten start of a trial In Delaware County County court* throughout southeast cy period of 10 to 30 yean," accord Court two weeks ago on a dvil suit ern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ing to the suit against two large asbestos manufac One count of the Carmens' civil Carmen's lawyers at first sought turers and sellers, Johm-ManvUle suit accused Jafana-Mansyille and $1 million as the price for Carmen's -and Raybestos-Manhattan, and 90 Raybestos-Manhattan of civil con disease, characterized by extreme other companies. spiracy "to suppress, withhold and shortness of breath, severe pain in The suit was tiled on behalf of actively conceal the hazardous na Ids chest and back, and advene re Robert P. Carmen and his wife, Mar ture of asbestos and the dangers of action to radiotherapy. garet, of Lanadowne, the parents of working with It." Carmen came into contact with eight children, by Philadelphia law Attorneys for Johns-Manville and asbestos during his work as a pipe yer Stephen M. Feldman. Rayhestoa-Manhattan declined com fitter and fire fighter in the Navy PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT UC-1963 and aa a plumber in civilian life, the lawsuit contended. "Plaintiff worked with asbestos . products an a ngular basis through- mwgm* career bom 19*2 throUghlpr(3Siin he became dis- Philadelphia Navy yard be wore an unitoed asbestos firesult. In his du ties at Mktvale Steel be would be present when pipes were repaired andtfcuabe exposed to dust from the wbanioi pipe cowering. fix leaking pipe, removing old asbes tos insulation and applying new insu lation." The .spit dabbed that "prior to lWff, the defeadants had actual knowledge of the dangers of tsbestos ,, "AndJngUy^ss ctifof.engineer for and this knowledge was bolstered as ,, emjaoytnent with Keystone Shipping to 1974," the pretrial state Holiday JutfcfMtjflkjwiuired *n> ; tigtoittft om*'-' -zr-i. - ment skid. In the Navy, tlib suit said. Carmen "wort an uniined aahestoa firanit covering his whole body from heed cotoe... "While working u a plumber to ' civilian life he either himself worked with asbestos insulation and ptpecov* ering or worked immediately next to other workmen who worked with It ... as a fire fighting instructor at BRG 0442