Category: Asbestos Exposure

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Asbestos Exposure / Mesothelioma / Minimum Contacts / Personal Jurisdiction / Stream of Commerce
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Plaintiffs’ Appeal of Trial Court’s Order Granting Defendant’s Motion to Quash Service of Summons Successful in California

Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Four

Blanca Hernandez, et al., v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, et al.

This litigation arises from claims of asbestos exposure. The plaintiffs allege the decedent, Raul Hernandez, had occupational exposure to asbestos over a 40-year career as an automobile mechanic, including exposure to asbestos-containing brake shoes, brake pads, clutch plates, gaskets, and transmission bands while working on Volkswagen cars at Volkswagen dealerships between 1969 and 1976. The decedent was subsequently diagnosed with mesothelioma. The plaintiffs filed a complaint …

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Asbestos Exposure / Summary Judgment
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Federal Court in Louisianna Grants Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

This case arises from Plaintiff Nolan J. Lebouf Jr.’s alleged exposure to asbestos. The plaintiff specifically claims to have been exposed to asbestos during his work at the Avondale Shipyard in the 1970s and 1980s. 

Plaintiff filed a petition for damages in state court against Avondale and others asserting liability for his asbestos exposure and resulting mesothelioma. In his petition, plaintiff asserted that Avondale negligently failed to warn and disclose or otherwise protect him …

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Asbestos Exposure / Negligence / Verdict
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Illinois Jury Finds for Plaintiff in Wrongful Death Action Involving Asbestos Exposure

Jurisdiction: Illinois Circuit Court – Cook County

This lawsuit involved a survival and wrongful death action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) in Illinois.  Plaintiff, Annette Sanders, represented the estate of her late husband, Joseph Sanders, against CSX Transportation Inc., Mr. Sanders’ former employer.

Mr. Sanders worked as a plumber and sheet metal worker for CSX, primarily at the Barr Yard in Riverdale, Ill. from 2002 to 2014. During this time, it’s alleged that Mr. Sanders was exposed to carcinogenic toxins, including asbestos, through …

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Asbestos Exposure / Summary Judgment
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Federal District Court Grants Pump Manufacturer’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Asbestos Action

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Michele Salvemini, et al. vs. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, et al.

In this asbestos action, plaintiff Michele Salvemini alleges exposure to asbestos while working as a marine engineer and shipyard mechanical worker on various merchant and U.S. Navy ships from 1974 to 2007. During this timeframe, Mr. Salvemini specifically claims asbestos exposure from performing repairs and maintenance on asbestos-containing pumps, gaskets and other related products in the engine rooms of these ships. In April 2022, Mr. …

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Asbestos Exposure / Causation / Mesothelioma / Shipyard
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Court Rules in Favor of Defendant in Asbestos Action for Lack of Causation

Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

Plaintiff claimed decedent Geraldine Rabb Perkins had asbestos exposure resulting in her diagnosis of mesothelioma.

Plaintiff specifically alleged that Mrs. Perkins had para-occupational asbestos exposure originating from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard where decedent’s husband, Harang Joseph Perkins, worked as a machinist’s mate for the U.S. Navy between approximately 1968 and 1974. It was claimed Mrs. Perkins had para-occupational asbestos exposure from laundering Mr. Perkins work clothes.

Prior to being diagnosed with mesothelioma, Mrs. Perkins …

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Asbestos Exposure / Bankruptcy / Designate / Entities / Proof of Claim / Third Party
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Defendant’s Motion for Leave to Designate Responsible Third Parties Granted Under Texas Law

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle

Although this action – In Re: Asbestos Litigation; Ladonna Sue Braxton, Individually and as Independent Executrix of the Estate of Marvin Jerry Braxton Jr., deceased, vs. J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc., et al. – is venued in Delaware, the case is governed by Texas law. The sole defendant is J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.

In this asbestos action, the plaintiffs allege the decedent, Marvin Jerry Braxton, Jr., had occupational exposure to asbestos, resulting in Mr. Braxton developing mesothelioma. Prior to passing …

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Asbestos Exposure / Causation / Mesothelioma / Summary Judgment
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Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Asbestos Action Partly Granted

Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Rhode Island, Providence

Plaintiffs alleged decedent Peter A. Lowe Sr. was exposed to asbestos while employed with his father’s company – Lowe Excavating and Construction – from approximately 1965 until the late-1970s. Plaintiffs allege this exposure resulted in Mr. Lowe being diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in 2018, which ultimately caused him to pass away in August 2019. Plaintiffs initiated litigation asserting several theories of liability, including failure to warn, negligence, strict liability, breach of express and implied warranty, and other related claims, …

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Asbestos Exposure / Negligence / Verdict
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California Jury Finds for Asbestos Defendant in Friction Products Case

Court: California Superior Court, Los Angeles County

In this asbestos action, plaintiffs Leon Solis Jr., Laura Rangel, Crystal Solis and Leon Solis filed suit claiming negligence against several defendants, including Brake Parts Inc., in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Plaintiffs alleged Sylvia Solis contracted mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, resulting in Ms. Solis’s death.

The case went to jury trial Oct. 4 against Brake Parts as the only remaining defendant. Plaintiffs claimed Brake Parts allegedly created brakes by attaching asbestos linings to metal shoes. At trial, the …

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Asbestos Exposure / Product Liability / Successor Liability / Talc / Verdict
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Connecticut Jury Awards $15 Million Talc Verdict against Johnson & Johnson Entities

Court: Connecticut Superior Court – Fairfield at Bridgeport County

In this asbestos action, Plaintiffs Evan Plotkin and Martha Barry-Plotkin filed suit claiming Mr. Plotkin had asbestos exposure from, among other things, personal use of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder from the 1950s through the 2000s. 

Plaintiffs alleged that Johnson & Johnson owned the Vermont talc mines that were the source of the asbestos exposure, which resulted in Mr. Plotkin to develop mesothelioma. The lawsuit eventually encompassed J&J and its entities that were created by J&J through …

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Asbestos Exposure / Verdict
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Virginia Jury Awards $3.45 Million In Millwright Mesothelioma Case

Virginia Circuit Court

In this asbestos action, plaintiff Patricia Katcham filed suit claiming that her husband, James Katcham, had occupational exposure to asbestos because of his career as a millwright. It was specifically alleged that Mr. Katcham had occupational asbestos exposure by working with gaskets, packing and other asbestos-containing products while employed as a millwright at the DuPont Spruance plant in the 1960s and 1970s. This asbestos exposure purportedly resulted in Mr. Katcham contracting mesothelioma, which caused his death. In a declaration provided before his …

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