Selected Verdicts: 1998
- Dying Asbestos Insulator Awarded $4.5 Million
- A San Francisco jury awarded a dying asbestos insulator $4,486,000 in damages. The defendants, Raymark Industries, Inc. and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation manufactured asbestos products which the plaintiff used in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Fairfield Jury Awards $6.245 Million to 14 Asbestos Plaintiffs
- A Fairfield jury awarded 14 plaintiffs of Vacaville, Fairfield and Vallejo, California over $6,245,000 in damages.
- Five San Francisco Mesothelioma Victims Awarded $3.8 Million
- A San Francisco jury awarded $3,815,100.00 in five cases to the families of five workers who died of mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure.
- $3.2 Million Verdict Awarded to Eleven Workers Injured By Asbestos Products
- San Francisco jury awarded $3,203,800.00 to ten retired workers and one active worker suffering from asbestosis and asbestos–related pleural disease due to their occupational exposures to asbestos.
- Laryngeal Cancer Victims Awarded $3.6 Million For Injuries Caused by Asbestos–containing Drywall
- A San Francisco jury returned a verdict in two cases, awarding $3,688,523 to two workers who suffered laryngeal cancer and had their larynxes removed as a result of their occupational exposure to asbestos.
- Dying Machinist And Wife Awarded $4.5 Million; Largest Loss of Consortium Verdict in an Asbestos Trial
- A San Francisco jury awarded Daniel Wilson, Sr. and his wife, Lois Wilson, $4,591,091.51 in damages. The defendant, John Crane, Inc. manufactured and supplied asbestos products, including packing and gaskets, which Daniel Wilson, Sr. used throughout most of his career working at southwestern United States power plants.
- Widow of Asbestos Floor Tile Installer Who Died of Mesothelioma Awarded Nearly $1 Million
- A San Francisco jury awarded $995,432.15 to a widow of a flooring mechanic who died of malignant pleural mesothelioma due to his occupational exposure to asbestos.
Also see verdicts for 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, and 1995–1997.