7 file suit blaming Amoco for cancer among workers

By Ted Gregory Copyright 1998 Chicago Tribune August 26, 1998

A lawsuit filed Tuesday against Amoco Corp. seeks payments for seven former workers at the company's Naperville research center who developed cancer, three of whom have died.

The suit alleges Amoco "exhibited reckless disregard for the health and well-being of" the employees by exposing them for a "prolonged" time to "defective, unsafe and/or unreasonably dangerous chemicals." Amoco "failed to study, investigate, determine, impose or comply with reasonable standards and regulations to protect and promote the health and safety or to minimize the dangers, the lawsuit contends.

The complaint also names suppliers of the chemicals; the company that manufactured and installed ventilation equipment at the research center; and the engineering company that reviewed the ventilation system.

Nineteen cases of head tumors have been diagnosed among current or former employees of the center, four of whom have died, the suit says.

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