N.Y. jury awards $35 million to man who died of mesothelioma during trial 
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: April 3, 2013
Tags: asbestos, mesothelioma
A trial that began with eight plaintiffs and more than a dozen defendants ended with just one party on either side of the bar and a jury award of $35 million.
Exxon escapes $17.5M asbestos judgment
Published: January 24, 2013
Tags: asbestos litigation, Exxon, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, mesothelioma, product liability
An asbestos defendant should have been permitted to introduce evidence that it had no duty to intervene to protect the plaintiff because of the safety programs implemented by the plaintiff’s employer, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a $17.5 million judgment.
‘Substantial factor’ test rejected for asbestos cases
Published: January 16, 2013
Tags: asbestos litigation, mesothelioma, negligence, product liability
An asbestos defendant in a multiple-exposure case could not be subjected to liability on the ground that its alleged negligence was a “substantial contributing factor” to a worker’s mesothelioma, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a $239,000 verdict.
Asbestos claim accrued with first diagnosis
Published: January 15, 2013
Tags: asbestos litigation, mesothelioma, statute of limitations, wrongful death
An asbestos plaintiff’s cause of action accrued upon the first communication of a doctor’s diagnosis of an asbestos-related injury or disease, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in answering a certified question from the 3rd Circuit.
Asbestos plaintiff can show causation, State Supremes say
Published: December 12, 2012
Tags: asbestos litigation, causation, mesothelioma, product liability, wrongful death
A product liability plaintiff produced sufficient evidence linking her husband’s mesothelioma to particular asbestos products to proceed with her claims against certain manufacturers, the Nevada Supreme Court has ruled.
Asbestos manufacturer may have immunity
Published: December 4, 2012
Tags: immunity, mesothelioma, product liability, removal
A manufacturer that supplied turbines to the U.S. Navy may be immune from a former seaman’s asbestos claims, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Mesothelioma duty-to-warn case splits states
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 30, 2012
Tags: asbestos, Circuit Breaker, duty to warn, mesothelioma, product liability
Mass tort litigators are abuzz over a recent Washington state court ruling that some say expands manufacturers’ duty to warn about potential hazards associated with their products, even when those hazards are not caused by the products themselves.
Georgia-Pacific must pay $5M for ‘take-home’ asbestos
Published: October 1, 2012
Tags: asbestos litigation, mesothelioma, product liability, take-home asbestos
Manufacturer Georgia-Pacific could be liable for mesothelioma contracted by a woman who claimed she was exposed to asbestos fibers carried home on her grandfather’s work clothes, a Maryland appellate court has ruled in affirming a $5 million judgment.
$2M asbestos award for seaman’s death reinstated
Published: September 26, 2012
Tags: asbestos, Death on the High Seas Act, Jones Act, maritime law, mesothelioma, non-pecuniary damages, pain and suffering, product liability, wrongful death
The estate of a seaman who died from mesothelioma was entitled to recover compensation for his pre-death pain and suffering, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled.
Defense scores verdict in bystander mesothelioma case
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: August 28, 2012
Tags: asbestos litigation, mesothelioma
Rejecting a novel legal theory, a California jury found for defendants Exxon and Ford in a suit brought by a woman who claimed she contracted mesothelioma during visits to her then-boyfriend while he worked at a service station.
