Stephen Healy

1880 Century Park East
Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA  90067
Phone: (310)-247-0921
Fax: (310) 786-9927
shealy@weitzlux.com
 
When he joined the Weitz & Luxenberg Los Angeles team in May 2011, Stephen Healy brought a wealth of experience in personal injury litigation. He is a trial attorney specializing in serious injury and wrongful death cases.  His practice focusses on occupational and asbestos-caused disease, including mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis. 

He has handled or tried verdict cases involving serious automobile accident injuries, aviation accident injuries, medical malpractice, attempted murder, felony drug charges, defective consumer and industrial products, employment discrimination, sexual harassment and insurance disputes, including insurance bad faith settlement practices. 

He is responsible for a number of successful jury trials including:

Yancey v. Plant Insulation Company
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: Julie M. Tang
Trial Type: Wrongful Death—Mesothelioma
Verdict: $7.7 Million
3 weeks, 2008

Efstratios v. John Crane, Inc.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: Los Angeles, California
Judge: Fumiko H. Wasserman
Trial Type: Personal Injury—Mesothelioma
Verdict: $4.4 Million
3 weeks, 2001

Reid v. Thorpe Insulation Company
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: Ernest H. Goldsmith
Trial Type: Personal Injury—Asbestosis
Verdict: $2.7 Million
3 weeks, 2006

McGrail v. Advocate Mines, Ltd.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: Los Angeles, California
Judge: Richard L. Fruin
Trial Type: Wrongful Death—Mesothelioma
Verdict: $2.6 Million
3 weeks, 2009
 
Rogers v. John Crane, Inc.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: Marla J. Miller
Trial Type: Wrongful Death—Mesothelioma
Verdict: $1.4 Million
4 weeks, 2008
 
Mudgett v. Plant Insulation Company
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court: San Francisco, California
Judge: Julie M. Tang
Trial Type: Wrongful Death—Mesothelioma
Verdict $1.25 Million
3 weeks, 2008

Richey v. IVGID I
Civil Jury Trial
Reno, Nevada
Judge: Jerome M. Polaha
Trial Type: Employment
Verdict: $503,000
1 week, 1999

Richey v. IVGID II
Civil Jury Trial
Reno, Nevada
Judge: Jerome M. Polaha
Trial Type: Employment
Verdict: $304,000
1 week, 2000

Admissions: He is admitted to practice law before all the courts of the States of California and Nevada, and he is admitted to practice law before the United States District Courts District of Nevada, Central District of California, Northern District of California and Eastern District of California.  He is also admitted to practice law before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

He has tried significant cases to verdict in the California Superior Courts in Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Diego County, San Francisco County, Alameda County, and Placer County, as well as the Nevada State District Courts of Washoe County and Clark County.

Publications: California Asbestos Products Liability: Claims, Defenses and Elements of Proof ((c) 2011 Stephen Healy)

He is a proud member of the following organizations: The California State Bar, The Nevada State Bar, The Consumer Attorneys of California, The Nevada Justice Association, The American Association for Justice, and The Public Justice Foundation.

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