- Kraft v. Crane Co., et al. – Personal injury action for a retired San Francisco Bay Area career pipefitter diagnosed with lung cancer (largely asymptomatic) and asbestosis, with a history of significant cigarette use, along with a loss‑of‑consortium claim by his spouse. December 2024: Case resolved during jury selection, in excess of $2,750,000.00.
- Burns v. Ace Property & Casualty Co.; Westchester Fire Ins. Co.; et al. – Personal injury action for an 83‑year‑old retired career plumber who worked throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for over 40 years, including installing, cutting, and beveling Johns‑Manville transite pipe at Indian Valley College for Cooper Brothers Plumbing in the early 1970s. The transite pipe was delivered by trucks marked Heieck & Moran, whose successor entities were among the defendants. He developed lung cancer with radiologic markers of occupational asbestos exposure; his wife brought a loss‑of‑consortium claim. August 2025: Case resolved during pre‑trial hearings before jury selection, […]
- Guzman v. Boss Manufacturing Co., et al. – Wrongful death of an 85‑year‑old retired ironworker and welder who, after service in the U.S. Marine Corps aboard ships as a cannoneer, worked from the early 1950s through 1985 at industrial and commercial sites in Texas and the San Francisco Bay Area, where he was exposed to asbestos‑containing building products. He developed asbestos‑related fibrotic lung disease and later lung cancer, discovered at autopsy. October 2025: Case resolved on the eve of pre‑trial motions before jury selection, in excess of $1,000,000.00.
- Sigg v. Pneumo Abex LLC; Enerpac Tool Group (fka Actuant Corp.); et al. – Personal injury action for a career maintenance mechanic diagnosed with lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) after decades of work at multiple industrial facilities, including J.M. Manufacturing (Santa Clara), U.S. Cold Storage (Honolulu), U.S. Semiconductor (Fremont), St. Regis Paper (Union City), and Romic Environmental (East Palo Alto), where he was exposed to asbestos‑containing equipment and components. September 2024: Case resolved at pre‑trial hearings prior to jury selection, in excess of $1,000,000.00.
- A jury unanimously agreed to award $17,736,700 to the widow of Captain William Major, U.S. Navy, Retired, against the only defendant in the case, Lorillard Tobacco Co. the jury concluded that products made by Lorillard Tobacco Co. failed to meet the California consumer safety based risk-benefit test for design defect.
- 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)
- An asbestos lung cancer victim who was employed as a Navy machinist and engineering officer was awarded over $5 million by a San Francisco jury. He had worked with asbestos gaskets and steam packing as well as with asbestos–containing marine valves during his career. ( Edward Jones v. John Crane Incorporated, et al, 2003, San Francisco Superior Court, California)
- A jury awarded over $1.5 million in favor of a 71–year old Portland worker diagnosed with asbestos–related lung disease and non–Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He had been exposed to asbestos–containing building products manufactured by Kaiser Gypsum. ( Robert Bush v. Kaiser Gypsum, 1999, Case No. 03–01863, Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon)