After a 6-week trial, 34-year old former countertop fabricator, Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez, received a verdict in his favor of $52,437,366.00 in the case Gustavo Reyes-Gonzalez v. Caesarstone USA, Inc; Cambria Company LLC; Color Marble, Inc.; et al..
Mr. Gonzalez worked at shops cutting, sanding, shaping, drilling and tailoring Artificial Stone (“Quartz”/engineered stone) slabs manufactured and distributed by defendants for use in home new construction and remodeling, apartment complexes, hospitals, hotels, airports, convention halls and government buildings throughout Southern California in Los Angeles and Orange County. Mr. Gonzalez became ill with silicosis, an incurable lung disease caused by inhalation of invisible respirable crystalline silica (RCS) leading to pulmonary massive fibrosis (“PMF”), and is the recipient of a double lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Hospital but facing a possible need for second lung transplant within the next 3 to 5 years.
June-August 2024