Texas Family Loses Father to Mesothelioma, Files Lawsuit
Texas residents Curtis Blake Phillips and Beverly Babin filed a lawsuit in Jefferson County Court in early September on behalf of their late father, claiming that his employment at Mobile Oil was the cause of his asbestos related death.
The survivors of Omar Phillips allege that Exxon Mobile was fully aware of the harmful affects of working closely with asbestos and failed to acknowledge the danger to their father. Phillips was employed as a pipe fitter and welder for Mobile and his surviving children state that he was unaware that he was being exposed to toxic fibers that cause asbestos-related lung cancer.
In the lawsuit it is stated that the company failed to warn employees as to the dangers of asbestos exposure and failed to properly train their employees on safe handling of asbestos as well as other hazardous waste materials.
The plaintiffs claim that Exxon Mobile could have prevented their father’s death and are seeking compensation for not only funeral and medical bills but for the pain and suffering they endured as well.
Phillips and Babin are also seeking compensation for emotional trauma that they suffered in the past due to the diagnosis of their father’s asbestos-related lung cancer and following death.
