Defendant Foster Wheeler LLC appeals from the judgment entered against it after a jury trial. Defendant contends the trial court erred in refusing to enter judgment in its favor based on the jury‘s positive finding on the federal ―government contractor defense.‖ Defendant also claims the court erred in refusing to instruct on the ―sophisticated user‖ doctrine, and that the jury‘s findi... More...   $0 (09-11-2009 - CA)

Thomas Firth, a 72-year old South Carolina resident, suffered from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure. Firth was diagnosed with mesothelioma in November, 2006 and died from this fatal disease on July 13, 2007.

Tom Firth’s only known exposure to asbestos happened at Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, in the 1950s where he worked for less than a year. He was a mechanic’s assistant o... More...   $700000 (06-26-2009 - SC)

Plaintiffs, Vernon Nelson (Vernon) and John Q. Nelson (John), special administrators of the estate of Eva Nelson (Eva), deceased, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Kane County granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Aurora Equipment Company (Aurora). This is a case of first impression in Illinois in which plaintiffs ask us to extend a duty in a premises liability case to a pers... More...   $0 (05-29-2009 - IL)

Eugene Westrope sued Clemco Industries Corp., Precision Packaging and Lone Star Industries Inc. on products liability theories claiming that he developed mesothelioma as a direct result of being exposed to asbestos containing products.... More...   $0 (05-27-2009 - ms)

Charles H. Cundiff, et aux sued John Crane, Inc. and Lone Star Industries on products liability theories claiming that the manufacturers sold unreasonably dangerous asbestos containing products without warning of the dangers of handing the products with the result that he developed mesothelioma. Cundiff handle Insulag while working on the overhauling of the USS Kitty Hawk between 1962 and 1965.More...   $12100000 (05-14-2009 - CA)

Betty McBride sued A.W. Chesterton, et al. on products liability theories seeking to recover for the death of her husband, Woodrow McBride, who died in 2005 from mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, in September 2005.

The the details of the claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available.

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This is an asbestos personal injury action filed on behalf of Ronald Gersten D.D.S., a 73 year old pleural mesothelioma patient, and his wife Martha Gersten, to whom he has been married since 1981. Plaintiff alleges that between 1954 and 1960, he was exposed to asbestos as a student at the University of California and at multiple locations as a field engineer for Combustion Engineers, Inc.
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Plaintiff, Sally Nolan, as executrix of the estate of her late husband, Clarence Nolan (decedent), sought recovery in the circuit court of Vermilion County against defendant, Weil-McLain, for the wrongful death of her husband. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, and a majority of the appellate court affirmed. 365 Ill. App. 3d 963. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment of the ... More...   $0 (04-18-2009 - IL)

Plaintiff, Sally Nolan, as executrix of the estate of her late husband, Clarence Nolan (decedent), sought recovery in the circuit court of Vermilion County against defendant, Weil-McLain, for the wrongful death of her husband. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, and a majority of the appellate court affirmed. 365 Ill. App. 3d 963. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment of the ... More...   $0 (04-16-2009 - IL)

Geraldine Nicholas appeals the district court’s denial of her motion to compel arbitration of her contract dispute with KBR, Inc., the successor corporation of her deceased husband’s former employer, M.W. Kellogg Co. Nicholas contends that the district court improperly ruled that she waived her right to arbitrate her dispute with KBR. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the distr... More...   $0 (04-16-2009 - TX)

The Family and Estate of Jean Holmes, age 93, sued Pneumo Abex, LLC and Honeywell International, Inc., corporate successors to the owners of the Union Asbestos and Rubber Company on a products liability theory claiming that she developed mesothelioma in 2006 as a result of being exposed to asbestos when she laundered her husband's clothing that he wore while employed at Defendant's plant in Bloomi... More...   $2600000 (03-05-2009 - IL)

Dennis Martin (“Mr. Martin”) died from malignant mesothelioma on March 22, 2002. His son, David Martin (“Plaintiff”), serving as executor of his father’s estate, filed a complaint based on asbestos exposure in Kentucky state court against nine defendants. Defendants removed the case to the Eastern District of Kentucky based on diversity. After various defendants settled or were dismissed... More...   $0 (01-27-2009 - KY)

¶1 These cases are two of several asbestos-related cases governed by a Case Management Order (the “CMO”) that was adopted in 2001 and applies routinely to all asbestos-related litigation brought by the firms involved in drafting the CMO. One of the “Additional Discovery” obligations imposed by the CMO was an autopsy following the death of any plaintiff. Margaret Kilpatrick and Carolyn Kir... More...   $0 (12-12-2008 - UT)

Lynda and Michael Daly sued Ford Motor Company and Pneumo Abex on a products liability theory claiming that Mrs. Daly's mesothelioma was caused by exposure to asbestos-containing brakes manufactured by Ford and Pneumo Abex.

Mrs. Daly's exposure to asbestos-containing car brakes occurred in the 1970s and 1980s when she worked, for approximately two years, at two Ford dealerships in Wisconsi... More...   $3606000 (11-06-2008 - FL)

The only issue on this appeal is whether the complaint of a woman who succumbed to mesothelioma should have been dismissed solely because the defendant did not have a duty to act reasonably to prevent her from being exposed repeatedly and regularly over an extended period of time to the asbestos fibers on her father’s work clothes. The purpose of this appeal is not to determine whether, in fact,... More...   $0 (10-01-2008 - TN)

In this case an employer appeals a judgment rendered against it in a survival action arising from its employee s exposure to asbestos on the job. * * * Bruce Spillman worked for Exxon in various positions from 1945 until 1986 and was exposed to asbestos in the course and scope of his employment. In May of 2005 Mr. Spillman was diagnosed with mesothelioma a fatal form of cancer caused by exposure t... More...   $0 (09-12-2008 - LA)

John O. Koonce sued John Crane, Inc. on a product liability theory claiming that he exposed to asbestos at the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp. in Norfolk, Virginia where he worked and, as a direct result, he developed mesothelioma, a fatal form of lung cancer. Koonce, 59, of Norfolk, diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006, worked with John Crane gaskets, packing material and other asbestos par... More...   $4390000 (09-06-2008 - VA)

A Los Angeles County jury has awarded an Iranian-American engineer $14.876 million for asbestos exposure that caused his malignant mesothelioma — a terminal illness that often claims its victims within 12 to 18 months of diagnosis.

The plaintiff, Amanollah Shahabi, spent nearly four decades working at oil refineries, including more than 30 years at oil complexes in Iran. Trained as an e... More...   $14876000 (08-14-2008 - CA)

Plaintiff-appellant Stacey Gregory, individually and as special administrator of the estate of her deceased husband Larry Gregory (plaintiff),1 filed a complaint at law in Illinois sounding in negligence against a multitude of defendants,2 including defendants-appellants Beazer East (Beazer), Bondex International (Bondex), Exxon Mobil (Mobil), Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Georgia-Pacific) and Unio... More...   $0 (07-18-2008 - IL)

Y.R. Brewer, age 66, and Gale Brewer sued Crane Co. of Stamford Connecticut on a products liability theory claiming that the asbestos that Mr. Brewer was exposed to while serving on the USS Preble from 1961 to 1965 was defective and unreasonably dangerous and, as a direct result, he developed malignant mesothelioma.... More...   $9700000 (05-24-2008 - CA)

On January 26, 2005, plaintiffs filed their complaint for personal injury and loss of consortium alleging that Joseph's... More...   $0 (03-28-2008 - CA)

Family and Estate Willis Whisnant sued DuPont on a negligence theory claiming that defendant negligently exposed him to asbestos at work and, as a direct result, Whisnant developed mesothelioma and died at the age of 72. Plaintiffs claimed that DuPont knew about the dangers of asbestos as early as 1940, but chose to conceal their findings and focus on a defense to protect the company from lawsu... More...   $0 (03-26-2008 - TX)

Dennis Newinski sued John Crane, Inc. on a products liability theory claiming that the John Crane failed to warn him that asbestos containing gaskets and packing materials that he used while working for Northern States Power Company was unreasonably dangerous and that he should have been using protective equipment to protect his himself from inhaling asbestos while handling the products and, as a ... More...   $4600000 (03-21-2008 - MN)

Mrs. Mahoney, a San Francisco native, spent much of he... More...   $20000000 (03-12-2008 - CA)

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