Woman Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Bayer
According to the website Charleston Daily Mail, a woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bayer CorpScience’s Institute plant arguing that her son died after being exposed to harmful substances following an explosion in the plant. The report states that the West Virginia State University student died due to a blood clot in his lungs.
His mother argues that the explosion was a direct cause of death. According to the lawsuit, the boy’s room at the university was in poor condition following the explosion as he found dust or soot all over the room. The report states his dorm room was facing the Bayer plant that exploded, which resulted in the dust being in his room because the window was open. The boy later went to the emergency room complaining of chest pains and shortness of breath. He was treated and released but later returned and subsequently died. The suit claims the Bayer plant was negligent in notifying the public of the release of hazardous chemicals.
The company argued that they saw no health risk through chemicals for the general public prior to the explosion of their plant. If that is the case and the company can prove this is true, then this lawsuit may be difficult to win. If they saw no health risk, they had no way of knowing that the boy, or anybody else, could have died as a result of the aftereffects of the explosion.
