Below are summaries of our trials from 2019.
Philip Posey, et. al. v. Ford Motor Company, Montello, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, et. al.
District Court – Oklahoma County – State of Oklahoma
Judge: Hon. Aletia Haynes Timmons
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Para-Occupational – Disputed Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Resolved as to All Case Defendants Prior to Motions in Limine in Excess of $270,000.00
November 2019
Richard Littorno, et. al. v. Golden Gate Drywall Corp., et al.
San Francisco County Superior Court
Judge: Hon. Kathleen Kelly
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Lung Cancer – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants Prior to Motions in Limine in Excess of: $650,000.00
November 2019
Personal Representative of Decedent Larry Tanks, Sr. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Angela Bradstreet
Trial Type – Federal Employer Liability Act (FELA) Wrongful Death – 81-year old Southern Pacific/Union Pacific Brakeman 1964-1990 – Asbestosis
Case Resolved after Plaintiff’s 1st Witness in Case in Chief – Settlement amount undisclosed at request of defendants.
October – November 2019
Douglas Bell v. Campbell Construction Co., et al.
San Francisco County Superior Court
Judge: Hon. Newton Lam
Trial Type: Personal Injury – Mesothelioma – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Plaintiff’s Case in Chief in Excess of $2,500,000.00
October 2019
Patricia Casey v. Cahill Construction Co., Inc., Dynalectric Company, et al.
San Francisco County Superior Court
Judge: Hon. Richard Ulmer
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants Prior to Motions in Limine in Excess of $18,000,000.00
October 2019
William Cole et al v. TIMEC Corporation et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court of the State of California – Alameda County
Judge: Hon. Michael M. Markman
Trial Type: 80-year old retired career SF Bay Area Millwright – Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma – Negligence and Product Liability; Loss of Consortium
Case resolved at opening statements in excess of $3,250,000.00 as to all case defendants.
September – October 2019
Patricia Glavin, et al. v. Borg-Warner Corporation, Honeywell International Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, et al.
San Francisco County Superior Court
Judge: Hon. Andrew Y.S. Cheng
Trial Type: Personal Injury- Para-Occupational Mesothelioma – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Jury Selection in Excess of $1,000,000.00
September 2019
Ann Spalding, et al. v. Edward S. Walsh Co., T.W. Smith Company, et al.
San Francisco County Superior Court
Judge: Hon. Jeffrey Ross
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Jury Selection in Excess of $6,250,000.00
September 2019
Mary Martinez, et. al. v. A.H. Voss Company, Amcord, Inc., Apache Underground, Familian Corporation, Groeniger & Company, J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc., Underground Construction Co., Inc., Westburne Supply, Inc., et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Jeffrey Ross
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Plaintiffs’ Case in Chief in Excess of: $4,500,000.00.
August – September 2019
Harold & Janet Montano v. Control Co., Dap Inc., Rudolph & Sletten, Inc., Red-White Valve Corp., et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Kathleen Kelly
Trial Type: Personal Injury – Colon Cancer – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Motions in Limine in Excess of $700,000.00.
August 2019
Jony Wood, et al. & Diana McDonald, et al. v. Sun Ship, LLC, Westburne Supply, Inc., et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Kathleen Kelly
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Asbestosis- Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Motions in Limine in Excess of $200,000.00.
July 2019
Kelly Burke-Puertas, et al. & Julie Craycroft, et al. v. Moore Borther, O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC, ZF Sachs Automotive of America, Inc., et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Harold Kahn
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Motions in Limine in Excess of $2,800,000.00.
July 2019
Barbara Schaffer et al. v. Consolidated Insulation, Inc., et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Harold Kahn
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Asbestosis- Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Motions in Limine in Excess of $400,000.00.
July 2019
John Woods & Mark Umphress v. Douglass Insulation Co., Inc., Foster Wheller LLC, IMO Industries, Sun Ship, LLC, Velan Valve Corp, et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Harold Kahn
Trial Type: Personal Injury – Asbestosis- Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Motions in Limine in Excess of $450,000.00.
July 2019
James Peterson v. Westside Building Material Corp., Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Thompson Building Materials, et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Kathleen A. Kelly
Trial Type: Personal Injury – Asbestosis- Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Motions in Limine in Excess of $630,000.00.
June 2019
David Ellis v. Temporary Plant Cleaners, Inc. et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Angela Bradstreet
Trial Type – Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma diagnosed 2002 – Left Kidney resection upon recurrence 2005 – Retired 76-year old Career San Francisco Bay Area Refinery/Industrial Mechanic/Tradesman – Lake Tahoe; Negligence and Products Liability
Case resolved during jury selection in excess of $1,000,000.00 as to all case defendants.
May – June 2019
Mary Ann Trujillo et al. v. Cal-Steam Company, Inc., Frederick Meiswinkle, Inc., Monterey Mechanical Company, et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court -State of California for San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Angela M. Bradstreet
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma – Career Sheet Metal Construction Worker throughout the San Francisco Bay Area including at Stanford University
Case resolved after hearings on all Motions In Limine prior to Jury Selection in excess of $2,500,000.00 as to all case defendants.
May 2019
Marjorie Collins, et al. v. Parsons Government Services Inc., et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Suzanne Bolanos
Trial Type: Wrongful Death-Stomach/Gastric Cancer – Negligence
Defense Verdict Regarding Identification Only
Resolved as to All Other Defendants in Excess of $1,100,000.00.
April – May 2019
Cecil Anderson v. Qualitex Company, et al.
San Francisco County Superior Court
Judge: Hon. Harold Kahn
Trial Type: Personal Injury – Lung Cancer – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants Prior to Motions in Limine in Excess of $100,000.00
April 2019
Susan Kimberling et al. vs. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court of the State of California – Los Angeles County – Burbank Division
Judge: Hon John J. Kralik
Trial Type – Widow and Daughters case for Wrongful Death – 74-year-old career Drywaller/Contractor – Cardio-Pulmonary Failure – post-2005 Coronary Arterial Bypass Surgery/Congestive Heart Failure – No clinical diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension/cor pulmonale – Restrictive Pulmonary Fibrosis (Asbestosis) misreferenced as COPD on Death Certificate
Verdict – $904,229.00 with findings for Plaintiffs on all 3 Causes of Action: Products Liability – Consumer Expectation, Products Liability – Failure to Warn, Negligence
March – April 2019
Arthur Hoover v. Grandfos Pumps Corp., Nash Engineering Company, Refrigeration Supplies Distributor, Sporlan Valve Co., et al
San Francisco County Superior Court
Judge: Hon. Harold Kahn
Trial Type: Personal Injury – Lung Cancer – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Defendants Before Motions in Limine in Excess of $2,000,000.00.
March 2019
Thomas and Mary Sylvester v. Goodman Lumbar Company et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court of State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Richard Ulmer
Trial Type: Retired 86-year old Stationary Engineer – Products Liability/Negligence – Disputed Asbestosis v Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis – Loss of Consortium
Case resolved after Motions In Limine at commencement of jury selection in excess of $500,000.00 as to all case defendants.
February – March 2019
Leslie Hill, et. al. v. Hennessey Industries, LLC, et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Richard Ulmer
Trial Type: Personal Injury – Asbestosis – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants Before Motions in Limine in Excess of $450,000.00.
March 2019
Mary Beth Perniz, et. al. v. Associated Insulation of California, James A. Nelson Co., Inc., et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Teri L. Jackson
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants After Motions in Limine in Excess of $13,700,000.00.
February – March 2019
Thomas Sylvester, et. al. v. Goodman Lumber Co., W.W. Grainger, Inc., et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Richard Ulmer
Trial Type: Personal Injury – Asbestosis – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants Before Motions in Limine in Excess of $525,000.00.
February 2019
Juanita Slaughterback, et. al. v. J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Suzanne Bolanos
Trial Type: Personal Injury – Lung Cancer – Para-Occupational Take Home – Negligence & Products Liability
Reverse Bifurcated Trial on Affirmative Defense of Workers Compensation Bar
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Witness Testimony in Excess of $750,000.00.
January – February 2019
Sharon Jennings, et. al. v. Federal-Mogul, Quinn Co., Davis Auto Parts, BorgWarner Morse TEC LLC, et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Hon. Jeffrey S. Ross
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma – Negligence & Products Liability
Resolved as to All Case Defendants Before Opening Statement in Excess of $800,000.00.
January 2019
Joan Mclain et al v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, Asco Valve, Inc., California Drywall Co., Cleaver-Brooks, Inc, Cleveland Wrecking Company, Cooper Brothers, Inc, DeZurik, Inc, FDCC California, Inc., et al.
Superior Court of the State of California – San Francisco County
Judge: Angela Bradstreet
Trial Type: Wrongful Death – Mesothelioma – Products Liability & Negligence
Resolved as to All Case Defendants During Plaintiffs’ Case in Chief: Excess of $4,600,000.00.
January 2019
