PIERCE v. AMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA LINWOOD W. PIERCE and ) BRIDGET PIERCE, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) 1:22-cv-1126 ) AMERON INTERNATIONAL ) CORPORATION, B & W MECHANICAL ) CONTRACTORS, INC., and ) PERMA-PIPE, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER OSTEEN, JR., District Judge Plaintiff Linwood W. Pierce alleges that he was exposed to asbestos and asbestos dust throughout his career as a welder and pipefitter from the mid-1960s to 2013. (Compl. (Doc. 1) ¶ 34.) After Mr. Pierce was diagnosed with Mesothelioma in 2021, Mr. Pierce and his…