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Today a Miami jury handed Union Carbide a major loss in a mesothelioma asbestos case. Union Carbide is a supplier of asbestos that is incorporated into other products like Spackle or joint compound. In this case, the jury assessed Union Carbide with 46%of the verdict. The other defendants in the case settled before trial. Congratulations to our friend Juan Bauta of The Ferraro Law Firm who did such a great job representing the family.
Two veteran asbestos litigators Robert Hatten and Joseph Satterly prevailed in their continuing battle with asbestos gasket companies John Crane and Garlock. For Mr. Hatten this is the sixth victory in a row against John Crane. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff against John Crane and Garlock for $5,977,482 — 50% each. The jury awarded $2 million for the plaintiff’s pain and suffering. $1,150,000 for the widow’s loss of consortium. $2,500,0000 was stipulated in future lost wages. $319,650 was stipulated to for medical bills. $7,832 was agreed to as funeral expenses.
In an extraordinary case, a California jury awarded Rhoda and Bobby Evans $200 million in punitive damages against Certainteed Corp. in a Los Angeles courtroom. This was the second phase of the trial. In the first phase of trial, the same jury awarded the Evans family $8.6 million with a 70% allocation of responsibility to the same company Under California law, a jury must first decide whether a company is responsible for causing the plaintiff’s injuries. If the jury finds that the company is responsible, the jury may award compensatory damages for pain and suffering and economic loss to the individual. The second phase of the trial involves a determination as to whether the conduct of the company was so bad that the jury believes that. This is what is referred to as the punitive damage case.
Congratulations to my friends and colleagues Bill Levin, Laurel Simes and Scott Hames who represent the Evans family.
You can read some of the proof introduced in the case by clicking on the following link http://www.mesotheliomalegalblog.com/certainteed-mesothelioma-asbestos-cement-pipe/
Our friends and co counsel John Langdoc and Denyse Clancy obtained an 11 million dollar verdict in a construction related mesothelioma case. All the defendants in the case settled before the verdict with the exception of Bondex. The Jury determined that Bondex was responsible for 10% of the final verdict.
Today a Baltimore jury returned a verdict of $9,985,000 against ATTRANSCO on behalf of LeRoy J. Conway, Jr. and his wife, Yolanda. Leroy’s father worked for ATTRANSCO beginning in the early 1960s through the 1970s as a merchant mariner in the engine rooms of ships with steam equipment and exposed his son to asbestos when he came home from work. Leroy’s claim was for his exposure in the 1970′s. Leory was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma when he was 44 years-old and underwent the removal of his lung shortly thereafter. Congratulations to my friends and co counsel Scott Frost, Demetrios Zacharapoulos, and George Tankard of Waters & Kraus on their well deserved victory.
Today in Baltimore Maryland a verdict was returned against Georgia Pacific in a mesothelioma case of 20.2 million dollars.
The plaintiff is a living, 57 year old woman who is the granddaughter of an insulator. Her exposure was not as a worker but as a family member in the household. Georgia Pacific joint compound was used at a single jobsite where her grandfather worked
Congratulations to the trial team of Will Minkin and Tom Kelly. I know them both well. They are all tremendous lawyers who believe in the clients they represent and in the fight to insure that justice is done.
John Crane the maker of asbestos valve packing for pumps and a notorious no pay low pay defendant in mesothelioma cases was taken to school in California this week.
In the first phase of the trial, the Jury awarded $16.9 million and found John Crane 70% at fault. The jury also found that the John crane conduct was malicious. A short time thereafter the jury returned a punitive damage award in the amount of $18.3 million. Accordingly the total verdict is now $35.2 million.
The Net judgment (after offset) as to John Crane should be approximately $30.3 million.
Congratulations to Ethan Horn and Jordan Blumenfeld-James on a tremendous result.
After 5 weeks of trial against this no pay defendant, the jury returned a verdict of 1.5 million with a 5% share. Fisher was found reckless which means under NY law the defendant is responsible for the entire verdict. This was an extremely difficult case with a 71 year old deceased and widowed mesothelioma client – the plant he worked in had 17 tons of raw fiber shipped to it every year and pipe covering exposure.
The next day the jury awarded 750,000 in punitive damages.
October 16th, 2009 • Filed Under: News • No Comments
A Texas jury awarded $1.2 million last week to the wife of an engineer who died from mesothelioma cancer, allegedly caused by working with asbestos-laden additives to drilling lubricants.
The lawsuit, filed against Montello, Inc., Union Carbide, and other defendants, charged that asbestos in cement additives and drilling mud additives used by the Dowell Company caused Danny Puckett to contract mesothelioma. Puckett, who worked for the Dowell Company from 1975 to 1985, died from mesothelioma earlier this year.
Today a Brazoria County, Texas jury awarded Maxine Puckett, the widow of Danny Puckett, 1.2 million dollars in a trial involving defendants Union Carbide and Montello . The jury found each of the defendants 15% liable. Mr. Puckett died of mesothelioma at age 59.
Mr. Puckett was exposed to drilling mud additives containing Union Carbide asbestos. Union Carbide argued there was no exposure to its products.
Our friends Scott Frost and Greg Lisemby of Waters & Krause represented the plaintiff.
Mike Terry and Kevin Jordan represented Union Carbide.
