‘Asbestos Litigation’ Category

Verdict ‘Cathartic’ for Navy Veteran and Wife

SAN DIEGO  — Less than one year after 70-year-old Navy veteran William Mansir was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a San Diego Superior Court jury has reached a $2.4 million verdict against John Crane Inc., which manufactured asbestos-containing...

Union Carbide and CalPortland Found Liable

LOS ANGELES — A California superior court has ordered Union Carbide and CalPortland to pay $8.465 million to a career painter and handyman whose exposure to asbestos-containing products left him with pleural malignant mesothelioma — a...

John crane Inc. Found Liable for Former Navy Engineman’s Illness

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia court has awarded more than $4.5 million to a mesothelioma plaintiff and his wife of 57 years. Few mesothelioma plaintiffs live long enough to hear a final verdict in their cases, making the outcome of this reverse bifurcated trial especially...

Court of Appeal opines trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying Union Carbide’s motion to exclude asbestos plaintiff’s out-of-state deposition

LOS ANGELES – January 20,  2010 – The Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal, in an opinion issued on January 15, 2010, has found that the trial court did not...

Verdict is First-Ever Against Rockwell Automation, Inc. in a Mesothelioma Case

PHILADELPHIA – March 11, 2010 – A Philadelphia jury has found Rockwell Automation Inc., sued as successor to Allen-Bradley Company, liable for the asbestos-related death of Navy electrician’s mate, David Lanpher. The liability finding is the...

Case Summary

45-year-old Leroy Conway, Jr., is the son of a merchant mariner who served aboard the S.S. Baltimore Trader as an engineman between 1974-1977. The elder Conway’s work brought him in contact with asbestos particles and dust that permeated his work uniforms, which he brought home to be laundered. Leroy, Jr., then a...

January 15, 2010 – Letters to the Editor Column Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2010).

In responding to Mark Behrens’ Nov. 18, 2009, column, “Home of the Asbestos Litigation ‘Gold Rush’?” it is diffcult to know where...

Widow of Oil Field Consultant Awarded $1.2M in Asbestos-Exposure Case

First known drilling mud additive verdict in Texas; Montello, Inc. and Union Carbide Each Found 15% Liable

TEXAS – October 7, 2009 – A Brazoria County jury has awarded the widow of Danny Puckett, an industrial engineer and oil field consultant, $1.2 million...

John Crane Inc. Found Liable for Product Defects

SAN FRANCISCO – September 24, 2009 – A San Francisco County jury has awarded $2.3 million to the family of a man who spent his career working as a civilian marine machinist and maintenance manager for the U.S. Navy. Peter Galassi...

Appellate Court’s decision in O’Neil finds the reasoning of Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery “flawed” and rejects component parts and “stream of commerce” arguments

LOS ANGELES – September 21, 2009...