[MWFMAG EXCLUSIVE] Today is the last day of LAW MONTH.  Today we remember Mr. Felipe Presas. It has been ten years since we first reported on the death of war veteran Felipe Presas.  He was a resident of Missouri City, Texas, living in an older one-story home on a well-kept street with large, mature oak trees. 

We reported news we could gather up in three short articles.  As we read further into the case, what was stunning to us was the overwhelming factual association of exposure to the fouled metalworking fluid to the horrible last days and death of Mr. Presas.  That is, the level of certainty by which a juror could have found the cause.  Equally horrifying to us, was the negligence in the management of the fluid.  You may be outraged by the denials of the defendants as well.   You should draw your own conclusions, but as far as this reporter is concerned, there is no clearer case of exposure to a fouled metalworking fluid being the direct cause of death of a human being for which we have data.  This must certainly have occurred many times around the world in years past, but the case of Mr. Persas is a milestone in the recognition of metalworking fluid exposure having caused a death. 

Attached below are links to our original articles and now, for the first time, to the Autopsy of Mr. Persas.  Also attached is a copy of the Plaintiff's complaint.  We hope that by sharing the horror of his final days of life, it will fortify the resolve of our Readers to provide a safe working environment for their fellow man.  

It has been the most difficult month of publication in a long time.  It seems that all we had to report has been the industry negatives, the health risks, environmental risks, civil and criminal risks, complex regulations, and the magnitude of uncertainty that compounds all of these together.  Next month, we retun to a focus on new technology.

Wrongful Death - Part 1
Wrongful Death - Part 2
Wrongful Death - Part 3