A.P. Green Asbestos Trust

A.P. Green Industries was founded in 1910 in Mexico, Missouri. The company began as a clay brick manufacturer and grew rapidly by opening factories around the world. A.P. Green sold refractory bricks, which were used by industrial companies to line furnaces or equipment that operated at high temperatures. To ensure its bricks would be heat resistant, however, A.P.Green added large quantities of asbestos to the bricks.

Unfortunately, the men and women who worked at A.P. Green’s facilities and the employees of companies that used their products were inhaling deadly toxins. Asbestos causes agonizing illnesses, such as asbestosis and an aggressive cancer called mesothelioma. Additionally, the asbestos fibers remain in a person’s lungs for years and symptoms may not develop for decades. Thus, A.P. Green’s victims might live for decades without knowing of the deadly injury they sustained. Workers at A.P. Green’s facilities — in particular, boilermakers, ironworkers and insulators — were placed in grave danger from their constant contact with asbestos.