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Did you work with NYAB Railroad Brake Shoes, Air-Brake Valves, Friction Components? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. NYAB Railroad Brake Shoes, Air-Brake Valves, Friction Components, made by New York Air Brake, sold from around 1890 until the 1980s. New York Air Brake Company (Watertown, NY) was the principal U.S. competitor to Westinghouse Air Brake. Plaintiffs allege NYAB brake shoes and air-brake components contained chrysotile asbestos throughout the documented production era. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: chrysotile asbestos brake-shoe friction, asbestos gaskets and packing in air-brake valves. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Railroad workers, Railroad car repairmen, and Railroad shop machinists. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around NYAB Railroad Brake Shoes, Air-Brake Valves, Friction Components 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
New York Air Brake Company (Watertown, New York — today a subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse) was through the 20th century the principal U.S. competitor to Westinghouse Air Brake. NYAB supplied air-brake systems, brake shoes, and friction components to major U.S. railroads, mass-transit operators, and industrial rail users throughout the asbestos era.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that New York Air Brake’s composition brake shoes contained chrysotile asbestos friction material throughout the documented production era and that the company’s air-brake valves and rigging components were specified with asbestos gasket and packing materials. Railroad car repairmen, shop machinists, and rail maintenance workers who serviced NYAB equipment were exposed to respirable asbestos fibers during routine maintenance and brake-shoe replacement.
New York Air Brake Company has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Railroad car repairmen
- Railroad shop machinists
- Locomotive maintenance workers
- Mass-transit shop workers
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