Meso sufferer Merlin Olsen Sues NBC Uni, 20th Century: Asbestos Caused My Cancer
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Posted Dec 31st 2009 9:01PM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand (NTV Land)
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Football legend Merlin Olsen is suing NBC Studios, NBC Universal, 20th
Century Fox Film Corporation, Sherwin Williams, Lennox Industries and
other companies, claiming he developed a rare form of cancer as a
result of being negligently exposed to asbestos.
Olsen -- who gained fame as a member of the Los Angeles Rams and went
on to be a sportscaster, actor and spokesperson for FTD Florists --
was diagnosed with the rare asbestos cancer mesothelioma a few months
ago.
According to the lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court,
Olsen worked after school doing manual labor when he was 10 or 11 and
was exposed to asbestos.
Olsen claims he was exposed to asbestos later in life when he was
doing drywall. Olsen also worked at NBC and 20th Century FOX and is
alleging those companies negligently exposed him to asbestos.
Olsen, who is undergoing chemotherapy, claims in the suit that all of
the defendants, "were engaged in the business of manufacturing,
fabricating, designing, assembling, distributing, leasing, buying,
selling, inspecting, servicing, installing, repairing, marketing,
warranting and advertising a certain substance the generic name of
which is asbestos."
Olsen says in the lawsuit that mesothelioma "is a vicious, painful,
and invariably fatal malignancy" and there is no known cure.
Olsen and his wife Susan are suing for unspecified damages.
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tomcervo
> Merlin Olsen Suit: Asbestos Caused My Cancer
> Posted Dec 31st 2009 9:01PM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand (NTV Land)
>
It all goes back to Johns-Manville knowing back in the 30's that
people were dying of lung cancer in their works and burying the facts
so as not to hurt their profits. It's one of those inconvenient truths
that make one doubt the virtues of unbridled capitalism--while others
are willing to sign on to religion, any religion that permits a belief
in an everlasting Hell for anyone so depraved.
Mallard
wrote:
I get the when he was 10 or 11 he worked after school doing manual
labor...but how is NBC and 20th Century Fox Films responsible for his
asbestos cancer? Did Michael Landon force him to eat sheet-rock
between takes on Little House on the Prarie?
Robin
> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:09:25 -0800 (PST), tomcervo <tomce...@aol.com>
>
> - Show quoted text -
I also don't quite understand how 20th Century Fox is liable.
The line about eating sheet-rock was kinda stupid.
Robin
lab~rat >:-)
puked:
Yeah, it would have been funnier if he said HVAC mastic or floor
tiles...
--
lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?