The Lyon Firm is filing asbestos cancer claims for former Porter Hayden Company workers nationwide. The Porter products were distributed and installed in many buildings across the country, and many individuals not associated with Porter at all were still exposed to their toxic materials. They may also have a claim, and should contact legal counsel to investigate.
Up until the 1980s, Porter Hayden Company sold and installed asbestos-containing insulation. When toxic tort litigation reached a boiling point in 2002, the liabilities forced the company to file for bankruptcy. An asbestos trust fund was established in 2007 to handle future asbestos claims.
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The Porter Hayden Company was first established in Baltimore in 1966 in the H.W. Porter & Co. and Reid Hayden merger. The business thrived until 1989 when the company took its final insulation installation contracts.
Over the years, Porter Hayden sold and installed asbestos insulation to a range of industrial sites and businesses. Even though Porter actually used asbestos insulation manufactured by other companies, it was still liable for the toxic products it sold.
The company was eventually hit with thousands of asbestos lawsuits from former employees and industrial workers who were exposed to the insulation at their respective workplaces. Some occupations at risk of working around Porter asbestos insulation include:
- Chemical plant workers
- Power plant workers
- Tobacco factory workers
- Oil refinery workers
- Paper mill workers
- Metal workers
- Brewery workers
- Distillery workers
- Shipyard workers
Obviously, the highest risk was handling the materials themselves, and the insulation installers who worked for Porter Hayden were heavily exposed to asbestos. Cutting or sawing asbestos insulation materials can release large amounts of of asbestos dust that can easily be inhaled. Years after initial exposed, workers developed lung cancer and mesothelioma.
