DuPont Employee Sues For Benzene Related Disease
Representatives for the late Earl Dean Thompson are suing DuPont's Jefferson County chemical plant for having exposed Thompson to benzene. Thompson began working for DuPont in 1948. Jo Ann Thompson, the representative for Thompson's estate, says that during his time working at DuPont, Thompson was exposed to excess amounts of benzene. "As a result of such exposure, Earl Thompson developed multiple myeloma, from which he died a painful and anguishing death on June 15, 2006," the petition sated.
The lawsuit alleges that the defendants in the case are guilty of having violated federal and state laws regarding benzene. Jo Ann Thompson seeks to gain an amount in excess of the jurisdictional limits of the district court and has asked for a trial by jury.
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