Georgia Pacific Admits Wallboard Contained Asbestos in NJ Mesothelioma Case

By: Chris Placitella @ Sep 12, 2011

For years, Georgia Pacific has failed to disclose that the wallboard it sold contained asbestos. In a recent deposition taken in a NJ asbestos case, a former GP executive Howard Schutte was forced to admit that the GP fire rated wallboard sold on a mass basis in the United States contained asbestos. The problem  according to noted mesothelioma lawyer Chris Placitella is that “this product is installed in innumerable buildings and the current owners have no idea these walls have asbestos in them. If the walls are demolished there is real potential for asbestos exposure which building occupants and workers will have no idea is happening.”