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Cancer-Stricken Painter Takes Georgia Pacific & Union Carbide To Trial Over Asbestos Claims

Posted by David Siegel on Aug 9, 2015 8:41:00 PM

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Topics: Products Liability, Asbestos, Florida

Caterpillar Avoids $19M Verdict In Asbestos Wrongful Death Trial

Posted by David Siegel on Aug 3, 2015 4:57:00 PM

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Topics: Products Liability, Asbestos, Florida

In Wrongful Death Trial Against Caterpillar, Harvard Doc Says Asbestos Likely Caused Deadly Cancer

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jul 24, 2015 4:44:00 PM

Dr. Eugene Mark testifies via videoconference about the likelihood Pablo Gonzalez Sr.'s mesothelioma was caused by asbestos.

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Topics: Products Liability, Asbestos, Florida, Gonzalez v. Caterpillar, et al.

Asbestos In Caterpillar’s Brakes Caused Mechanic’s Fatal Cancer, Jury Told

Posted by David Siegel on Jul 16, 2015 2:47:00 PM

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Topics: Products Liability, Asbestos, Florida

Opening Statement of the Week: J. Bruce Jackson in Miller v. A.W. Chesterton

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 1, 2014 6:41:00 PM

 

The Trial: Miller v. A.W. Chesterton

The Attorney: J. Bruce Jackson, for the plaintiff. 

Causation can be a particularly difficult element to prove in toxic tort cases. Time is often a plaintiff's attorney's biggest enemy in such suits. The decades that pass between the exposure to a defendant's chemical and plaintiff's illness can fuel skeptical jurors' doubt in your argument. In Miller v. A.W. Chesterton, J. Bruce Jackson uses his opening statement to lead jurors step by step from Ralph Miller's asbestos exposure to his mesothelioma years later. 

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Topics: Asbestos, Opening Statement of the Week, Trial Techniques, Miller v. AW Chesterton Company