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Did you work with Cottrell Sheet-Fed and Web Printing Presses? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Cottrell Sheet-Fed and Web Printing Presses, made by Cb Cottrell, sold from the 1880s until the 1970s. C.B. Cottrell and Sons (later Cottrell Company) was a historic U.S. manufacturer of commercial sheet-fed and web printing presses. Plaintiffs allege Cottrell presses shipped with asbestos-insulated drying ovens, heated rollers, and motor insulation. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: drying-oven insulation, electrical wire insulation, heated-roller gaskets. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Press operators, Print-shop machinists, and Bindery operators. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Cottrell Sheet-Fed and Web Printing Presses and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
C.B. Cottrell & Sons (founded 1855, Westerly, Rhode Island) — later operating as Cottrell Company — was through the late 19th and mid-20th centuries a leading U.S. manufacturer of commercial sheet-fed and web printing presses. Cottrell presses ran in commercial print shops, magazine printers, and newspaper plants nationwide through the asbestos era. The company was later absorbed by Harris-Cottrell and then into Harris-Intertype.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Cottrell presses were specified with asbestos-containing materials:
- Heat-set drying-oven insulation
- Heated-roller gaskets
- Electrical wire insulation on press motors and drives
Cottrell Company / C.B. Cottrell & Sons has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Sheet-fed press operators
- Web-press operators
- Print-shop machinists
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