La Count v. General Asbestos & Rubber Co.

The opinion of tire Court was delivered by

Mr. Cities Justice Stabrer.

In this action which was brought under the statute for the benefit of the heirs and distributees of Ray L. La Count, deceased, damages are sought in the sum of $50,000.00. The defendant owns and operates a plant in the County of Charleston for the manufacture of asbestos products; -and La Count, it appears, for some years and up until about the middle of 1929, was in its employ and worked in the spinning room where the asbestos was manufactured and woven into asbestos cloth, etc. The plaintiff alleged “that the method of…