Attorneys for Union Carbide Corp. have petitioned the federal court in Philadelphia for a
transfer of an asbestos mass tort claim that was brought last month by a Florida woman at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Susan E. Murphy is suing Union Carbide over the mesothelioma related death of Donald Murphy, who was diagnosed with the disease in July 2011 by a doctor at Broward General Medical Center in the Sunshine State.
Donald Murphy’s disease, the plaintiff claims, was directly attributed to the man’s exposure to asbestos, which occurred during his career with the United States Army and during private work as a housing renovator.
Donald Murphy, the lawsuit shows, was also a cigarette and pipe smoker for a number of years.