June 06 2007 - Oregon man files lawsuit after wifes death blamed on pesticide
A man whose wife died after their home on the Oregon coast was sprayed with pesticide has sued the Eugene company hired to do the job.Fred Kolbeck of Florence filed the $$2.5 million lawsuit against Swanson's Pest Management this week in Lane County Circuit Court in Eugene.
Kolbeck's suit claims the Eugene company is responsible for the death of his wife after a technician sprayed pesticide chemicals in their home two years ago.
Swanson Pest Management officials declined comment.
The lawsuit is based on a state Department of Agriculture investigation, which concluded that the company violated federal law in several ways when its technician sprayed the Kolbeck home for bugs in June 2005.
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