James J. Johnson or Jerry was my client. He died from pleural mesothelioma yesterday. Jerrys disease was caused by exposure to asbestos while working as a ceiling installer at construction sites in New Jersey. He was an honest, respectful, hardworking man who was still working when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma at age 75, not because []
This week there were two major victories for asbestos plaintiffs, who were exposed to asbestos containing brakes. The first case was against Ford. After a long, tough, hard fought battle with Ford, a New York City jury returned a verdict in favor of Arthur Juni and his wife Mary Jo Juni. Mr. Juni died of []
A California jury determined last week that Pneumo Abex LLC must pay $3.3 million to the family of a now-deceased man who allegedly contracted mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos in brake linings, in addition to the $9.75 million that was paid to the man and his wife while he was still alive. If you []
Congratulations to my long time friend and colleague David McClain for his victory against Pneumo Abex. Today , an Alameda County jury awarded Emily Bankhead, Tammy Bankhead, and Debbie Bankhead-Meiers $6 million, $2.5 million, and $2.5 million respectively for the wrongful death of Gordon Bankhead, for a total of $11 million. David is a great []
Congratulations to my friends and colleagues Gary Paul, Demetrios Zacharopoulos and John Mismas for such a tremendous victory. The plaintiff John Panza was only 40 years old and suffering from mesothelioma. He and his wife Jane began dating in high school. John is a college professor. Johns exposure to asbestos came from his father who was a bystander at a facility the []
Congratulations to my friend and colleague Scott Frost and his entire team at Waters & Krause for achieving justice for the family of Bill Saller. The California Jury awarded five million dollars in compensatory damages and 3.6 million dollars in punitive damages. The jury found the sole defendant at trial Crown Cork & Seal, 30 percent []
Congratulations to David Cannella and Phil Hoffman for their victory against Asbestos Corporation, LTD of $6,420,467. Asbestos Corporation Limited is a Canadian mining company that has been selling asbestos fiber since the 1940s. Despite numerous deaths the company continues to maintain it sold the nice asbestos that does not cause mesothelioma . As evidenced by []
In a letter sent to three government ministers, over 200 scientists and over 100 labour and health organizations from 36 countries urge Government of India to protect the health of the people of India, not the profits of the asbestos industry. Lobby organisation for global asbestos industry will hold sham scientific event in New Delhi []
Source: Takejusticeback.com This Thanksgiving, Big Asbestos really has something to be thankful for: the U.S. House of Representative is voting on H.R. 982, a bill which if enacted would violate asbestos victims privacy and allow Big Asbestos to delay and deny justice until asbestos victims die. Asbestos diseases is one of the longest-running public health epidemics []
Last week, Anne Pfeifer, prevailed on John Cranes appeal of her $22.7M verdict against the company. Her husband, William, contracted mesothelioma and later died, and a Los Angeles County jury concluded that John Crane was the company most largely responsible. Attached is a copy of the Published Opinion. In a lengthy opinion, Court of Appeals []
Congratulations to my friend and colleague Mona Wallace who obtained a very important decision form the Federal Judge in charge of all asbestos litigation in the federal system nation wide. This order is exciting and has several findings in it which may help all of us. This case involves the Alcoa plant in Tennessee where []
Congratulations to my friend and colleague Simona Farrise in obtaining a 39 Million Dollar verdict against Borg Warner. The breakdown of the verdict was $6.5m in compensatory damages and, 32.5m in punitive damages. today. Borg Warner made asbestos containing clutches installed in millions of automobiles.This was a hard fought 5 week+ trial. Borg Warner is []
I am delighted to let everyone know that our colleagues at Lipsitz and Ponterio prevailed against the ever recalcitrant Crane today after a hard fought trial for 3,000,000 and a reckless finding. This is great lawyering. Share
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