Lawyers USA has announced their "Lawyers of the Year 2010."
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Topics: Evans v. AW Chesterton, Endoscopy Center Cases, Announcements
An Oakland jury on Wednesday awarded $4M in compensatory damages to a parts worker who unpacked truck brakes and contracted mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos. The jury also found that the four defendants acted with malice. A punitive damages phase is scheduled to begin January 5, 2011.
"This case has been about corporations that refuse to accept responsibility for a preventable injury that will result in death," said Joe Satterley of Sales & Satterley, in his closing argument in the Gordon Bankhead v. Allied Packing asbestos trial. "These companies -- Abex, Carlisle, Fruehauf and Rockwell -- have contributed most of the exposure of the asbestos to Gordon Bankhead, and they could have prevented it. And this exposure was a substantial factor in contributing to the risk...of the mesothelioma."
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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Asbestos
A Suffolk County jury in Evans v. Lorillard awarded an additional $81M in punitives damages today, on top of their previous award of $71M in compensatory damages on Tuesday, for a total award of $152M.
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Topics: Products Liability, Evans v. Lorillard, Tobacco Litigation
2010 finished with some big verdicts against Tobacco ($80M in Webb v. R.J. Reynolds in Bronson, Florida), and $71M for Evans v. Lorillard in Boston), a surprise ruling from the Delaware Supreme Court in Airgas v. Air Products, and big gains for courtroom cameras in Massachusetts and California.
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Topics: CVN Docket
