Henkel, Dow Corning, Refute Allegations in Marine Exposure Case

CAMDEN, N.J. -- The defendants in a case involving a U.S. Marine's exposure to benzene assert the claims are time barred and preempted and that they owed no duty to plaintiffs. Cacoilo, et al. v. The Sherwin Williams Co., et al., No. 11-07039 (D. N.J.).

In answers filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Henkel Corp. and Dow Corning Corp. asserted, among other defenses, that the claims are barred by the New Jersey Comparative Negligence Act and that the products at issue were used in a manner other than that which they were intended to …