Complaint: 30-Year Employment at Tire Facility Exposed Plaintiff to Benzene

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The representatives of the estate of a deceased tire worker filed a lawsuit in an Alabama state court on Feb. 16, claiming that the decedent's 30-year employment at a tire manufacturing facility exposed him to benzene. Griffin, et al. v. Troy King, in his capacity as the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, et al., No. 06-216 (Ala. 6th Jud. Cir. Ct., Tuscaloosa Cty.).

Plaintiff Brenda Sue Sanford Griffin filed the complaint in the Alabama Sixth Circuit Court for Tuscaloosa County on behalf of the estate of David Wayne Griffin, who she claims was exposed to …