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James P. Nevin: Selected Trials

James P. Nevin is an associate at Brayton Purcell. Mr. Nevin has tried numerous asbestos personal injury and wrongful death cases in California (San Francisco, Alameda, Los Angeles, and Santa Ana) and Washington (Seattle). The following list, which is updated regularly, provides a selection of his recent trial work.

Lloyd Frisbie v. Plant Insulation Company, Durabla Manufacturing Company, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Suzanne R. Bolanos
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Lung Cancer
Case Settled During Motions in Limine: Excess of $1,380,000
2 Weeks, May 2008

Merlene Ransdell v. Leslie Controls, Inc., Crane Co., Honeywell International, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Tomar Mason
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma
Case Settled Before Opening Statements: Excess of $4,225,000
8 Weeks, April 2008

Carl Shermer v. Plant Insulation Company, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Durabla Manufacturing Company, Inc., Slakey Brothers, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Tomar Mason
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Asbestosis
Case Settled Before Jury Selection: Excess of $270,000
2 Weeks, April 2008

James Dudick v. Hamilton Materials, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Nancy L. Davis
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Asbestosis
Case Settled Before Jury Selection: Excess of $200,000
1 Week, December 2007

Kenneth and Flora Norris v. ConocoPhillips Company, Tosco Refining Company, Inc., Plant Insulation Company, Quintec Industries, Inc., Asbestos Corporation Limited, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Ernest H. Goldsmith
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Lung Cancer
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $1.25 million
2 Weeks, November 2007

In Re Brayton Group 364 v. Plant Insulation Company, Republic Supply Company, Parker Boiler Company, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Tomar Mason
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Asbestosis
Case Settled Before Jury Selection: Excess of $1.5 million
1 Week, October 2007

Anthony Dudick v. Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Suzanne R. Bolanos
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Other Cancer
Case Settled Before Jury Selection: Excess of $130,000
1 Week, October 2007

In Re Brayton Group 402 v. Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Detroit Diesel Corporation, Buffalo Pumps, Inc., IMO Industries, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Suzanne R. Bolanos
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Wrongful Death – Other Cancer
Case Settled Before Jury Selection: Excess of $600,000
1 Week, September 2007

John Siegel v. Sequoia Ventures, Inc., J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., Foster Wheeler LLC, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Tomar Mason
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Lung Cancer
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $500,000
1 Week, September 2007

George Goodyard v. Leslie Controls, Inc., Elliott Turbomachinery Co., Inc., FMC Corporation–Turbo Pump Operation, IMO Industries, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Ernest Goldsmith
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Lung Cancer
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $1,550,000
1 Week, August 2007

In Re Brayton Group 404 v. Swinerton Builders, Kentile Floors, Inc., Robertshaw Controls Company, Rockwell Automation, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Tomar Mason
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Asbestosis
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $3.4 million
1 Week, July 2007

In Re Brayton Group 370 v. Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Hamilton Materials, Inc., Rockwell Automation, Inc. et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Tomar Mason
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Asbestosis
Case Settled Between Jury Selection and Opening Statements: Excess of $900,000
2 Weeks, July 2007

In Re Brayton Group 381 v. Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Osram Sylvania Inc., General Cable Corporation, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Rockwell Automation, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Tomar Mason
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Asbestosis
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $1 million
2 Weeks, June 2007

In Re Brayton Group 371 v. Crane Co., National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Mary Wiss
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Personal Injury – Cancer
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $745,000
1 Week, June 2007

In Re Brayton Group 393 v. Advocate Mines, J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., Borg–Warner Automotive, Inc., Thorpe Insulation Company, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Mary Wiss
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Wrongful Death – Asbestosis
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $875,000
1 Week, June 2007

In Re Brayton Group 375 v. Contra Costa Electric, Allis–Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust, D.W. Nicholson Corporation, Ford Motor Company, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Thomas Mellon
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $4.3 million
1 Week, May 2007

Ruth Cash, et. al v. Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Thomas Mellon
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Wrongful Death – Asbestosis
Case Settled with Final Defendants During Jury Selection: Excess of $150,000
1 Week, April 2007

Aline Ivance, et al. v. Rich–Tex, Inc.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Julie Tang
Trial Type: Products Liability – Asbestosis
Verdict: $868,787.64
Case Settled with Remaining Defendants: Excess of $320,000
4 Weeks, March 2007

In Re Group 365 v. Crane Co., Leslie Controls Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, et al.

Consolidated Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Ernest Goldsmith
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Wrongful Death – Asbestosis
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $1,180,000
2 Weeks, September 2006

In Re Group 353 v. Hamilton Materials Inc., Leslie Controls Inc., ITT Inc., et al.

Consolidated Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Wallace Douglass
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma
Case Settled During Motions in Limine: Excess of $7 million
2 Weeks, August 2006

Duane Eastham et al. v. Certainteed Corporation, J.T. Thorpe Insulation Company, et al.
Donald Allen v. J.T. Thorpe Insulation Company, et al.

Consolidated Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Donald Mitchell
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Mesothelioma
Case Settled During Jury Hardships: Excess of $1,900,000
1 Week, July 2006

Harry Buford v. Hamilton Materials, Inc., and Rich–Tex, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Thomas Mellon
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Lung Cancer
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $270,000
1 Week, June 2006

Floyd Greenway v. Sequoia Ventures, Inc. and Viacom, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: James Conway
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Mesothelioma
Case Settled During Jury Selection: Excess of $1,500,000
2 Weeks, June 2006

Elaine and Danna Fontes v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. and Thorpe Insulation, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: Los Angeles County, California
Judge: James Satt
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Lung Cancer
Case Settled During Opening Statements: Excess of $1,565,000
2 Weeks, March 2006

In Re Group Thorpe Insulation Company Wrongful Death Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer, and Other Cancer (Lead Case – Stanley Young, et al. v. Thorpe Insulation Company)

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: David Ballati
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer, and Other Cancer
Case Settled During Plaintiffs’ Case in Chief: Excess of $5 million
1 Week, August 2005

Thomas McCollum v. Natkin & Co., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Tomar Mason
Trial Type: Negligence – Products Liability – Asbestosis
Case Settled During Jury Hardships: Excess of $600,000
2 weeks, August 2005

In Re Group Thorpe Insulation Company Living and Wrongful Death Asbestosis Cases (Diane Story, et al. v. Thorpe Insulation Company)

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: David Ballati
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Asbestosis
Case Settled During Plaintiffs’ Case in Chief: Excess of $1 million
1 Week, August 2005

Richard Pollard v. Metalclad Insulation Corporation

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Donald Mitchell
Trial Type: Negligence – Products Liability – Disputed Asbestosis
Verdict: Defense on Medical Diagnosis
Case Settled With All Other Defendants: Excess of $65,000
4 weeks, July 2005

Richard Gifford v. Hamilton Materials, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: James Robertson
Trial Type: Negligence – Products Liability – Lung Cancer
Case Settled During Pre–Trial Motions: Excess of $700,000
2 weeks, June 2005

Warren Fisher v. D.B. Riley, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Thomas Mellon
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Mesothelioma
Case Settled During Voir Dire: Excess of $2 million
1 Week, June 2005

Daniel Griggs v. Dowman Products, Inc., et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: James Robertson
Trial Type: Negligence – Products Liability – Lung Cancer
Case Settled During Pre–Trial Motions: Excess of $200,000
2 weeks, June 2005

Ronald Kautz v. Advocate Mines, Ltd.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: Orange County, California
Judge: Kim Dunning
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Asbestosis
Verdict: $62,000
Settled with Remaining Defendants: Excess of $50,000
3 weeks, April–May 2005

Charles Scandlyn v. Metalclad Insulation Corporation, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Ernest Goldsmith
Trial Type: Negligence – Products Liability – Mesothelioma
Case Settled During Pre–Trial Motions: Excess of $2 million
1 week, March 2005

Zeddie Masters v. Metalclad Insulation Corporation, et al.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: James McBride
Trial Type: Negligence – Products Liability – Lung Cancer
Case Settled During Pre–Trial Motions: Excess of $400,000
1 week, March 2005

Ronald Scrivner v. Supro Corporation

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Julie Tang
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Asbestosis
Case Settled During Voir Dire: Excess of $90,000
1 week, March 2005

Geronia Quarles v. Advocate Mines, Ltd.

Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco County, California
Judge: Ellen Chaitin
Trial Type: Products Liability – Negligence – Asbestosis
Verdict: $1,250,000
Settled with Remaining Defendants: Excess of $25,000
3 weeks, January 2005

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