Was Mesa Plastics Company (Felix Karas) — asbestos documented in litigation?

Mesa Plastics Company (Felix Karas) — is documented in public asbestos litigation records as a manufacturer whose products contained asbestos during the mid-twentieth century. Workers in industrial facilities, power plants, refineries, shipyards, and commercial construction who handled or worked near these products may have experienced occupational exposure.

Which trades had the most exposure?

Pipe coverers and insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, millwrights, and maintenance workers are among the trades most frequently documented in asbestos exposure claims. Workers who cut, fitted, or removed asbestos-containing products — and those working in close proximity during that work — typically had the highest fiber concentrations.

How long do workers have to file an asbestos claim?

Statutes of limitations for asbestos personal injury claims vary by state, typically ranging from one to five years from the date of an asbestos-related diagnosis. The clock generally starts at diagnosis, not exposure — mesothelioma can have a latency period of 20 to 50 years. An asbestos attorney can identify the deadlines that apply to your specific situation.

Can workers file claims related to Mesa Plastics Company (Felix Karas) — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Mesa Plastics Company (Felix Karas) — products may pursue claims through civil litigation. An experienced asbestos attorney can assess available defendants, applicable trust funds from co-defendants, and the states where claims can be filed most effectively.

Can family members file secondary exposure claims?

Spouses, children, and household members who developed asbestos-related disease through contact with contaminated work clothing brought home by an exposed worker may be eligible for secondary (household) exposure claims. Wrongful-death claims can also be filed by surviving family members of workers who died from asbestos-related disease.

Phenolic-Compounds

Mesa Allyl Plastics for Electronic, Electrical, and Aerospace Missile Insulators

⚖ Litigation Recordc. 1955-1980sAsbestos fiber reinforcement in allyl-resin (CR-39 / DAP) molding compounds

Overview Product Facts Trades

Litigation Record: Information below reflects allegations in publicly filed asbestos litigation — plaintiff allegations, not findings of fact.

Product Description

Mesa Plastics Company (founded 1955 by Felix Karas) was through the late asbestos era a principal U.S. pioneer of allyl plastic (diallyl phthalate / DAP / CR-39) molding compounds for electronic, electrical, and aerospace applications. The DuBois “Plastics History U.S.A.” (1972) volume documents that the FMC-supplied allyl plastics introduced in 1955 enabled Mesa Plastics under Felix Karas to develop “very precise and highly technical applications” — specifically the precision insulators used in the U.S. missile program of the 1950s-1960s.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Mesa Plastics allyl molding compounds were specified through the asbestos era with asbestos fiber reinforcement for thermal stability, dimensional precision, and arc-tracking resistance in critical electronic, electrical, and aerospace missile-program applications. Compound molders at Mesa Plastics and at downstream aerospace and electronic-component fabrication shops who handled Mesa asbestos-filled allyl products were exposed to airborne asbestos fibers.

Mesa Plastics Company has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

Electrical workers servicing Mesa-molded precision electrical insulators
Aerospace fabricators working Mesa allyl-plastic missile-program components
Electronic-component plant workers at downstream electronic-equipment assembly plants
Phenolic / allyl compound molders at Mesa Plastics

If You Worked With Mesa Plastics Allyl Compounds

If you handled, molded, or fabricated Mesa Plastics Company allyl (DAP / CR-39) molding compounds with asbestos reinforcement during the asbestos era — including in electronic, electrical, or aerospace/missile-program applications — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness, you may have legal rights.

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Product Facts

Trade NameMesa Allyl Plastics for Electronic, Electrical, and Aerospace Missile Insulators

Years Producedc. 1955-1980s

Asbestos ContentAsbestos fiber reinforcement in allyl-resin (CR-39 / DAP) molding compounds

CategoryPhenolic-Compounds Electrical Electrical-Components

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

Electrical workersAerospace fabricatorsElectronic-component plant workers

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