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Did you work with Hoe Rotary Newspaper Presses? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Hoe Rotary Newspaper Presses, made by R Hoe Company, sold from the 1880s until the 1950s (asbestos era manufacturing). R. Hoe and Company was the historic U.S. manufacturer of newspaper rotary presses through the late 19th and mid-20th centuries. Plaintiffs allege Hoe rotary presses were specified with asbestos-containing steam-piping insulation, dryer insulation, and electrical insulation. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: steam-piping insulation, drying-oven insulation, electrical wire insulation, heated-roller gaskets. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Newspaper press operators, Press-plant machinists, and Industrial electricians. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Hoe Rotary Newspaper 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
R. Hoe & Company (founded New York City, 1805) was the historic U.S. manufacturer of large newspaper rotary presses through the late 19th and mid-20th centuries. Hoe presses defined newspaper printing in the United States — most major U.S. dailies of the late 1800s and early 1900s ran Hoe equipment, and the firm’s web rotary presses scaled up through the asbestos era. R. Hoe & Company exited press manufacturing in the 1950s, with Goss and Miehle inheriting the U.S. newspaper-press market.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Hoe rotary newspaper presses and press-plant installations were specified with asbestos-containing materials:
- Steam-piping insulation on press-plant utility runs
- Drying-oven insulation on heated newsprint webs
- Heated-roller gasket material
- Electrical wire insulation on motors, drives, and control panels
R. Hoe & Company has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Newspaper rotary-press operators
- Newspaper-plant pipefitters and machinists
- Plant electricians on press-drive systems
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