Cases in 2023

Below are summaries of our trials from 2023

Darrell Gentry & Victoria Gentry v. Pacific Coast Building Products, Inc. et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court of the State of California for the City and County of San Francisco
Judge:  Hon. Jeffrey S. Ross
Trial Type:  US Army Veteran Pleural Mesothelioma from work aboard ships, carpentry work in commercial and residential construction throughout Northern California and as “shade-tree” brake mechanic on vehicles.
Case resolved at jury selection as to all case defendants in excess of $6,500,000.00.
February – March 2023

Jane Gosney Burke (WD:  James O. Gosney) et ux. v. Boost Holdco Company (fka Lamons Gasket Company) et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court of the State of California for the City and County of San Francisco
Judge:  Hon. Jeffrey S. Ross
Trial Type:  Career Steamfitter colon cancer wrongful death
Case resolved during Motions In Limine at jury selection as to all case defendants in excess of $1,500,000.00.
February 2023

Anthony Adams & Janice Adams v. ABB Motors And Mechanical Inc. (fka Baldor Electric Company) et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles
Judge:  Hon. Laura A. Siegle
Trial Type:  Career Electrician Pleural Mesothelioma from servicing electrical motors, rewinds and repairs, motor cleaning, stripping and clean outs, coil cutting, burnout oven repair work, bead blasting, U-Frame and T-Frame motor teardowns, refurbishing and overhauls involving “Asbestos-Protected Windings represented by motor manufacturers to be “safe” despite using ground asbestos and asbestos-containing gaskets, friction linings and parts.
Case resolved at assignment to branch department to commence trial as to all case defendants pending in this California action (companion New York venued case pending) in excess of $1,750,000.00.
January – February 2023

Dorenne Brown, as Successor-In-Interest to and as Wrongful Death Heir of Ronald Brown, Deceased, and Robert Brown Jr. and Brian Brown, as Wrongful Death Heirs of Ronald Brown, Deceased v. Landmark Insurance Company, as Intervenor for Defendant Robert E. Blake Company dba General Engineering & Machine Works, et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court of the State of California for the City and County of San Francisco
Judge: Hon. Joseph M. Quinn
Trial Type: Asbestos-caused Mesothelioma Wrongful Death of career Shipwright – Hunters Point Naval Shipyard – working aboard numerous ships refurbished and repaired throughout 1970s and 1980s.
Case resolved after Motions In Limine at Jury Selection as to all case defendants in excess of $3,500,000.00.
January 2022 – February 2023