C. Joseph Demersseman was 58 years old when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a type of cancer associated with exposure to asbestos. He was dead within two years. In 2009, his widow, Lorraine Demersseman, filed suit against the manufacturers, distributors and suppliers of products containing asbestos fibers that her late husband had been exposed to as a boilermaker, pipe fitter and home remodeler in Southern California – in all, 29 defendants.
The case, scheduled for trial next month in Los Angeles County, Calif., Superior Court, will be among the first to go before jurors as part of a newly formed coordinated proceeding designed to manage 250 asbestos cases in Southern California.
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