Selected Trials & Verdicts

Jennifer L. Alesio

Jennifer L. Alesio is an associate at Brayton Purcell. Ms. Alesio has tried asbestos personal injury and wrongful death mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis cases in California (San Francisco and Los Angeles). The following list, which is updated regularly, provides a selection of her recent trial work.

Marion Kosich, et al. v. Honeywell International, et al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: Suzanne Bolanos
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Survival/Wrongful Death—Friction—Asbestosis
Case Settled During Plaintiffs’ Case In Chief: Excess of $1,690,000
6 weeks, March–April 2012

Thomas & Judy Metcalf v. San Francisco Gravel, et. al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: Curtis E.A. Karnow
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Personal Injury—Mesothelioma
Case Settled During Plaintiffs’ Case in Chief: Excess of $14,000,000 as to All Case Defendants
4 Months, November 2011–February 2012

In Re BP575 v. Asbestos Defendants

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: A. James Robertson
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Personal Injury—Asbestosis
Case Settled During Motions in Liminee: Excess of $960,000
1st Chair, 2 weeks, October 2011

Wiley Utterback v. Collins Electric, et al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: A. James Robertson
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Personal Injury—Asbestosis
Case Settled During Motions in Liminee: Excess of $375,000
1st Chair, 1 week, October 2011

Andrew Thompson v. Nacco Materials, et al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: A. James Robertson
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Personal Injury—Asbestosis
Case Settled During Motions in Liminee: Excess of $114,000
1st Chair, 1 week, October 2011

William Tracy v. Douglas Insulation, et al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: A. James Robertson
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Personal Injury—Asbestosis
Case Settled During Motions in Liminee: Excess of $110,000
1st Chair, 1 week, October 2011

Gillian Hensley v. Curtiss–Wright Inc., et. al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: John Stewart
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Wrongful Death—Lung Cancer
Case Settled After Motions in Liminee: Excess of $150,000
1st Chair, 2 Weeks, August 2011

Robert Morgan v. Asbestos Corporation Limited, et. al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: Teri Jackson
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Personal Injury—Laryngeal Cancer
Case Settled After Motions in Limine: Excess of $530,000
1st Chair, 1 Week, August 2011

Alan Ray v. Foster Wheeler LLC, et. al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: John Stewart
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Personal Injury—Esophageal Cancer
Case Settled After Motions in Liminee: Excess of $675,000
1st Chair, 1 Week, August 2011

Patsy Rood v. Cleaver–Brooks Inc., et. al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: John Stewart
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Wrongful Death—Lung Cancer
Case Settled After Motions in Liminee: Excess of $220,000
1st Chair, 1 Week, July 2011

Thomas Hixson v. Asbestos Corporation Limited, et. al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: John Stewart
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Personal Injury—Asbestosis
Case Settled After Motions in Limine: Excess of $950,000
1st Chair, 2 Weeks, July 2011

Giovanni Colombo v. Thomas Dee Engineering, et. al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: John Stewart
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Personal Injury—Asbestosis
Case Settled After Motions in Limine: Excess of $150,000
1st Chair, 1 week, July 2011

Robert Verant v. Metalclad Insulation Corporation, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: Los Angeles, California
Judge: Maureen Duffy–Lewis
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Personal Injury—Lung Cancer
Case Settled During Plaintiff’s Case–In–Chief: Excess of $1,770,000
1st Chair, 2 Weeks, June 2011

Sandra Austin, et al. v. Del Webb, Fluor Corporation, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: Los Angeles, California
Judge: Rolf Treu
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Wrongful Death—Mesothelioma
Case Settled After Jury Selection: Excess of $5,000,000
2nd Chair, 3 weeks, May–June 2011

Ina Coyle, et al. v. Crane Co., et al.

Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: James Robertson
Trial Type: Products Liability—Negligence—Wrongful Death—Mesothelioma
Case Settled During Motions in Liminee: Excess of $1,500,000
2nd Chair, 3 weeks, January 2011