17 FILE CLAIM OVER TOXINS; LOCKHEED UNSAFE, CITY WORKERS SAY.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Seventeen city employees have filed workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. claims against the city, claiming their health was compromised by toxic chemicals Any chemical which, through its chemical action on life processes, can cause death, temporary incapacitation, or permanent harm to humans or animals. This includes all such chemicals, regardless of their origin or of their method of production, and regardless of whether they are produced used at Lockheed-Martin Corp. The employees join hundreds of others seeking redress for alleged exposure to chemicals used in aircraft production at the now-defunct Lockheed plants in Burbank. However, the city employees' aren't targeting Lockheed but the city. Employees are seeking payment under the city workers' compensation plan for on-the-job injuries. Last year, Lockheed agreed to a settlement with a group of residents who claimed they were exposed to toxics. The company has denied any wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do .
Timothy Larson represents the suing city employees and also represented more than 600 Lockheed workers claiming toxic exposure. Most plaintiffs still work for the city. They allege that while doing a variety of city jobs, mostly related to street sweeping street sweep An investment strategy in which large amounts of a company's stock are quickly purchased. Street sweeps generally occur in the stock of a company involved in a takeover attempt. Also called market sweep. , they were exposed to toxics used at Lockheed's aircraft assembly plants. |
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