Ohio Sandblasters, Painters Seek Damages for Alleged Silicosis

CLEVELAND - A lawsuit filed recently on behalf of dozens of Ohio laborers is seeking compensatory and punitive damages from manufacturers of silica products and the equipment designed to protect them from exposure to the dust they say caused them to develop silicosis. Agalianos, et al. v. Best Sand Corp., No. 479001 (Ohio Comm. Pls., Cuyahoga Cty.).

The lawsuit, filed Aug. 29 in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Please, alleges that the defendants should be held jointly and severally liable for the alleged injuries.

'Their failure to market their products safely, and their failure to market safe products and …