Selected Verdicts: 2008
- Jury Awards $2.6 Million in Asbestos Lung Cancer Case to Family of Retired Local 396 Ironworker
- A jury awarded $2,610,720 to the family of Douglas “Duke” Vanden Broek, a retired Local 378 ironworker, and was exposed to asbestos used by insulators at various locations. (Anne Vanden Broek, et al. v. Plant Insulation Company, 2008 Case No. 436690, San Francisco Superior Court)
- San Francisco Jury finds Manufacturer Foster Wheeler LLC Negligent in Navy Veteran’s Development of Mesothelioma
- A jury awarded $2,039,519 in total damages to the family of Calvin Oxford, a former Navy boiler tender
that developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure during his Navy service in the 1960s.
(Judy Oxford, et al vs. Foster Wheeler Corporation et al., 2008 Case No. 440328, San Francisco Superior Court)
Also see verdicts for 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, and 1995–1997.