Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley filed suit in Columbia, South Carolina state court for more than 150 plaintiffs seeking asbestos disease-related damages against De Beers PLC and its affiliated companies.

The complaint filed Monday in the Court of Common Pleas, County of Richland for the Fifth Judicial District names plaintiffs based in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the Bailiwick of Jersey, France, Switzerland, as well as in several states in the United States.