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Did you work with Karpen Brothers (Dr. L.V. Redman) Phenolic Resin Supply for Early U.S. Laminate Industry? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Karpen Brothers (Dr. L.V. Redman) Phenolic Resin Supply for Early U.S. Laminate Industry, sold from around 1913 until the 1930s. Karpen Brothers Company, under the technical direction of Dr. L.V. Redman, supplied phenolic resin to the early Westinghouse and Formica laminate industry per DuBois — including the 1913 commutator V-ring production breakthrough. Plaintiffs allege Karpen / Redman early-era phenolic resin formulations included asbestos-filled grades for electrical and industrial laminate applications. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos fiber reinforcement in early-era phenolic resin compounds and laminate-grade resin formulations. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Phenolic-laminate fabricators, Electrical workers, and Industrial machinists. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Karpen Brothers (Dr. L.V. Redman) Phenolic Resin Supply for Early U.S. Laminate Industry 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
Karpen Brothers Company — under the technical direction of Dr. L.V. Redman — was through the early 20th century one of the principal U.S. suppliers of phenolic resin to the foundational U.S. phenolic-laminate industry. The DuBois “Plastics History U.S.A.” (1972) volume specifically credits Karpen Brothers Company as the resin supplier whose 1913 agreement with the early Westinghouse / Formica operation enabled commutator V-ring production for Chalmers Motor Company and seeded the foundational U.S. phenolic-laminate industry.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Karpen Brothers / Dr. L.V. Redman early-era phenolic resin formulations included asbestos-filled grades specified for electrical insulation, transformer components, and industrial laminate applications and that phenolic-laminate fabricators, electrical workers, and industrial machinists who worked Karpen-resin-bonded asbestos laminate products were exposed to airborne asbestos fibers.
Karpen Brothers Company / Dr. L.V. Redman has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Phenolic-laminate fabricators working Karpen-resin-bonded asbestos laminates
- Electrical workers servicing equipment with early-era Karpen-phenolic asbestos components
- Industrial machinists machining Karpen-resin phenolic laminate parts
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