Raymond W. Williams sued CSX Transportation under Federal Employee's Liability Act (FELA) claiming that his employer of nearly 40 years negligently exposed him to asbestos at work with the direct result that he developed mesothelioma, a fatal form of lung cancer. He claimed that CSX did not warn of the dangers associated with handling and being exposed to asbestos and failed to protect him fro... More...   $7500000 (09-30-2004 - NC)

Products liability claims by the family of Carolyn Miller, who died in 2000 at the age of 54 from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos dust in her father's clothes. John Roland, Miller's father, was a contract worker who worked at Ford's Rouge plant in Michigan off and on from 1953 to 1964, relining and demolishing blast furnaces. Carolyn Miller came into contact with his clothing whe... More...   $10000000 (05-29-2004 - TX)

Products liability claim by former pipe fitter who claimed that he developed fatal malignant pleural mesothelioma was a result of being exposed to and inhaling asbestos containing products were he worked. He and his wife claimed that the DeZunik produced and sold asbestos containing gaskets, valves and other products and placed them in the stream of commerce without adequately warning of the d... More...   $6000000 (02-03-2004 - PA)

Defendant John Crane Inc., appeals a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs David Taylor (Taylor) and his wife Susan Taylor, based on Taylor's exposure to asbestos-containing products manufactured by defendant. Plaintiffs cross-appeal, contending the jury should not have allocated fault to the United States Navy in calculating defendant's proportionate share of fault. Finding no error, we affi... More...   $1790000 (11-26-2003 - CA)

This case presents an unsettled question under Privette v. Superior Court (1993) 5 Cal.4th 689 (Privette) and its progeny: Under what circumstances, if any, may a premises owner be held liable for injuries sustained by the employee of an independent contractor due to a dangerous condition on the owner's property? Based on the policies expressed in Privette and the Supreme Court's application ... More...   $0 (07-18-2003 - CA)

Products liability claim by former carpenter who developed asbestosis from the use of a drywall compound manufactured and sold by Union Carbide which contained asbestos. Dennis Kavanaugh claimed that the product was defective and unreasonably danagerous because Union Carbide failed to warn him of the dangers associated with using the asbestos containing drywall compound. Kavanaugh developed incur... More...   $1200000 (05-09-2003 - FL)

Products liability claim by wife of wife of a 67-year-old Pasadena man who died of lung disease in 2001 - the result of exposure to asbestos while working during his college days as a summer employee in the Coast Guard yard at Curtis Bay. Mr. Hunter, developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure in 1956 when he worked as an electrician for 33 days at the Curtis Bay yard. Mrs. Hunter claimed that h... More...   $2600000 (04-04-2003 - MD)

Asbestos caused mesothelioma products liability claim relating to Kaylo pipe insulation.... More...   $6400000 (04-03-2003 - MD)

Products liability claim by Roby Whittington, who contracted mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos exposure, as a result of exposure to asbestos while working for United States Steel from 1950 to 1981 at the company's steel mill in Gary, Indiana. Whittington has breathing problems and cannot walk long distances. The disease is invariably fatal.... More...   $250000000 (03-28-2003 - IL)

Products liability claim by 54-year-old former boilermaker who developed asbestosis as a result of his exposure to mesothelioma on the job at Consolidated Edison, KeySpan and Long Island Lighting. Robert Crouteau was diagnosed with the invariably fatal cancer of the lining of the lung in May 2001. Plaintiff asserted that the defendant acted recklessly in failing to inform plaintiff and others of... More...   $47000000 (03-27-2003 - NY)

1. CURLEY, J. The plaintiffs, Mary A.. Zielinski and her daughter, Georgiana Meyer, as the special administrator of the estate of George F. Zielinski (Estate), appeal from the trial court's order granting summary judgment and dismissing their negligence and products liability claims against Firebrick Engineers, Inc. and Powers Holdings, Inc. (Firebrick).1 The plaintiffs contend: (1) they pro... More...   $0 (03-18-2003 - WI)

Products liability - secondary exposure to asbestos results in Plaintiff developing mesothelioma.... More...   $11550750 (12-12-2002 - CA)

Several of the important issues briefed and argued in this case were answered in a decision by... More...   $1226000 (11-04-2002 - MD)

Several of the important issues briefed and argued in this case were answered in a decision by... More...   $1225000 (10-31-2002 - MD)

Products Liability - Twelve plaintiff who developed mesothelioma, the deadly form of cancer linked to asbestos, sought damages. Each had worked on vehicle brakes made by Bendix Corp., a former Honeywell unit, which they claimed caused the cancer. ... More...   $1 (09-17-2002 - IL)

This case involves claims by Alvin A. Hebert, Sr. and his wife, Marion M. Dupuis Hebert, against The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") for damages based upon Mr. Hebert's contraction of mesothelioma, a disease resulting from exposure to asbestos-containing products. Following trial, the jury answered interrogatories and found Dow strictly liable. Dow appeals from an amended judgment, which ordered ... More...   $265625 (08-01-2002 - LA)

Products Liability - Asbestosis - Plaintiff claimed that she developed mesothelioma as a direct result of being exposed to the mineral brought home by her father in his clothing when he worked for Hill Brothers Chemical Company in Orange, California when she was a child. Her husband sought loss of consortium damages.... More...   $19500000 (06-03-2002 - CA)

1. Combustion Engineering, Inc., appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding it twenty-nine percent responsible for Jerold Anderson's lung-cancer death. It also appeals from the trial court's related orders. The crux of Combustion Engineering's argument on this appeal is that there was insufficient expert-evidence linking asbestos in its boilers to Mr. Anderson's mesothelioma to supp... More...   $0 (05-21-2002 - WI)

This matter is before the Court on cross-appeals from judgments entered for the plaintiffs in five asbestos cases consolidated for trial. The respective plaintiffs, Charlotte Andaloro, James J. and Francis L. Greenhalgh, Edward C. and Doris Burkett, Ralph and Elizabeth Swan, and Harold and Marion Ruby (collectively “Plaintiffs”), assert that the trial court erred in molding the ve... More...   $0 (04-26-2002 - PA)

Products liability - asbestos- Alfred Todak, age 60, was diagnosed with mesothelioma. He worked as a boiler room electrician for the Navy in the 1960s. He claimed that the asbestos containing products manufactured and sold by Foster Wheeler and other defendants was defective and unreasonably dangerous because defendant failed to warn of the dangers associated with the use of the asbestos contain... More...   $33700000 (04-03-2002 - CA)

Product liability claim by the estate of 53-year-old banker who died from mesothelioma despite the fact that he never worked with the mineral in any form. The plaintiffs alleged that Mr. Cox was exposed to asbestos as a result of this father bringing it home from work at DuPont's Belle plant in the 1940s and 50s.... More...   $6400000 (03-06-2002 - WV)

Products liability - Plaintiffs exposed to asbestos at work and at home asserted claims because they developed malignant mesothelioma with resulting extrapleural pneumonectomies and died. Plaintiffs claimed that Defendants failed to warn of the dangers associated with exposure to asbestos.... More...   $1 (02-13-2002 - PA)

Products liability - asbestos-related mesothelioma - As a rigger at the ARMCO Steel Plant in Hamilton, Robert Russel Robinson worked with several NARCO products that contained asbestos fibers, including Narcolite Lightweight Insulating Castables, Staz-On Insulating Cement and Unicote Finishing Cement. Mr. Robinson was initially exposed to the asbetos-containing NARCO products in 1967 and 1968 bef... More...   $3500000 (12-13-2001 - OH)

The defendant asserted that the caskets were made of chrysotile asbestos which does not cause mesothelioma.... More...   $4210000 (09-30-2001 - CA)

Defendant asserted the chrysotile defense which claims that chrysotile asbestos does not cause mesothelioma.... More...   $4210000 (09-25-2001 - CA)