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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\"></p>           CHARLESTON -- A Buffalo woman is suing 53 companies she claims are responsible for her husband's lung cancer and death.<br /><br />On Sept. 2, 2011, James Reilly was diagnosed with lung cancer, from which he died on April 27, according to a complaint filed July 17 in Kanawha Circuit Court.<br /><br />Lillian Reilly claims he was exposed to asbestos during his employment as a welder and millwright from 1965 until 1997.<br /><br />The defendants failed to warn James Reilly about the dangers of asbestos, according to the suit.<br /><br />Lillian Reilly claims the defendants also failed to supply James Reilly with proper apparel to wear while handling asbestos.<br /><br />The defendants are being sued based on theories of negligence, contaminated buildings, breach of expressed/implied warranty, strict liability, intentional tort, conspiracy, misrepresentation and post-sale duty to warn, according to the suit.<br /><br />Lillian Reilly is seeking a jury trial to resolve all issues involved. She is being represented by Thomas P. Maroney and Victoria L. Antion.<br /><br />The case has been assigned to a visiting judge.<br /><br />The 53 companies named as defendants are A.W. Chesterton Company; Air & Liquid Systems Corporation; Armstrong International, Inc.; Aurora Pump Company; Copes-Vulcan, Inc.; Crane Co.; Dravo Corporation; Eaton Electrical, Inc.; Flowserve U.S., Inc. f/k/a Durco International, Inc.; Flowserve U.S., Inc. f/k/a Flowserve FSD Corporation; FMC Corporation; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; General Electric Company; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Grinnell, LLC; Hercules, Inc.; Honeywell, Inc.; Howden North America, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Inductotherm Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; ITT Corporation; Joy Technologies, Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; McJunkin Corporation; Morgan Engineering Systems, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; P&H Mining Equipment, Inc.; Rapid American Corporation; Reading Crane and Engineering Company; Riley Power, Inc.; Rust Constructors, Inc.; Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc.; Rust International, Inc.; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; State Electric Supply Company; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), LLC; Sunbeam Corporation; Surface Combustion, Inc.; Swindell Dressier International Corporation; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; The Alliance Machine Company; UB West Virginia, Inc.; Uniroyal, Inc.; United Engineers & Constructors and Washington Group International; Viacom, Inc.; Viking Pump, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; West Virginia Electric Supply Company; Yarway Corporation; and Zurn Industries, Inc.<br /><br /><em>Kanawha Circuit Court case number: 12-C-1382</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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