An asbestos-related lawsuit has recently been filed in the Jefferson County District Court of Texas by four brothers who claim that their father’s recent death due to mesothelioma was wrongfully caused by Chevron and Gulf Oil. According to the lawsuit Gliese Bergeron developed mesothelioma as a result of his employment with Chevron and Gulf Oil.

In the lawsuit it is stated by Bergeron’s four sons, Kyle, Dan, Ted, and Mark Bergeron that their father was employed with the company as a pipefitter, truck driver, operator, maintenance planner, and insulator in 1942 and again from 1946 until 1983. It was during this time that the plaintiffs feel their father was exposed to dangerous asbestos-containing materials.

Exposure to such materials is commonly known to result in the development of any one of a number of asbestos-related diseases which include mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis. Because such diseases typically take twenty to sixty years to show in tests the diagnosed are often faced with very limited treatment options by the time diagnosis occurs. In many cases such diseases are already in the advanced stages of development by the time that the discovery is made.

The sons of Bergeron feel that the outcome of such exposure should have been foreseeable by their father’s employer.

Kyle, Dan, Ted, and Mark Bergeron are seeking punitive and exemplary damages in an unspecified amount. Gliese Bergeron passed away from mesothelioma on October 31st of 2008.

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