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"CHARLESTON - A former school employee says she was exposed to harmful chemicals while working.<br /><br />Maggie Conner filed a lawsuit Sept. 19 in Kanawha Circuit Court against eight companies but not the state Board of Education, which employed her from October 1978-May 2004.<br /><br />She says she retired in December 2005, but while working was exposed to chemical solvents like Acetone, Mineral Spirits, Varsol, Kilz, Dursol and PrepRite Pro Block.<br /><br />Oil Service, Inc.; Sherwin Williams Co.; United Gilsonite Laboratories; Matthews Lubricant Corp.; Oliver Fuels and Oils, Inc.; Pratt and Lambert United, Inc.; Exxon Mobil Chemical; and Industrial Chemical Company, Inc. are listed as the defendants.<br /><br />Conner says the companies' chemicals were \"deleterious, poisonous, toxic and seriously harmful to the plaintiff's body, lungs, respiratory system, heart, skin and health.\"<br /><br />She adds that her earning capacity was greatly diminished, and no life insurance company would cover her.<br /><br />The complaint also says that the companies should have provided safeguards for anyone who uses them.<br /><br />John Skaggs of The Calwell Practice is representing Conner.<br /><br />Judge Jennifer Bailey Walker has been assigned the case.<br /><br /><i>Kanawha Circuit Court case number 06-C-1951</i>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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