In recent success, a mesothelioma attorney won $25 million for a Weitz & Luxenberg client.

If you are among the many workers whose asbestos exposure later led to serious health concerns, you should be seeking a mesothelioma attorney with a history of success.

Our firm opened its doors and built its practice on the intricate legal matters dealing with asbestos litigation. Each mesothelioma attorney in our Asbestos Litigation Unit has fought for a client with a case like yours.

The firm has experienced numerous victories in recent years involving asbestos and corporate negligence; below is one example of numerous hard-won mesothelioma lawsuits.

On Friday, June 27, 2008, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. achieved a $16.25 million verdict in an asbestos lawsuit on behalf of Marvin Penn, 71, diagnosed with the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma, and his wife Josephine Penn. The jury attributed 20 percent of the liability to the sole defendant at trial, Kerr Corp., a dental tape supply company.

The case, which clears a new path to justice in asbestos litigation, is believed to be the first successful asbestos verdict against that type of defendant.

Marvin Penn was a mail carrier from 1963 to 1999, though, in considering a career change, attended dental technician school in the late 1960s. It was there that he was exposed to asbestos while making castings by carving wax replicas of teeth using asbestos-containing dental tape.

The complex case (Index no. 105637/07, New York Supreme Court, Manhattan) involved a three-week trial featuring state-of the-art medical experts, which culminated in the verdict against Kerr. The jury attributed 20 percent of liability to another dental supply manufacturer, Dentsply Corp, f/k/a Randsom & Randolf, which settled before the verdict.

The trial also addressed Penn’s other exposures to asbestos. He testified that he worked in a post office across from the former location of the World Trade Center while it was being sprayed with asbestos. The spray was found to be 40 percent liable.

Additionally, Todd Shipyards was found 20 percent liable given that Penn’s father worked there as a steamfitter. Family members of workers exposed to asbestos are at risk due to the asbestos dust brought into the home on the shoes, clothing, skin, and hair of workers.

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Many workers are at risk of developing mesothelioma from asbestos exposure. Shipyard workers, construction workers, welders and other workers may become diagnosed with mesothelioma due to on-the-job asbestos exposure. If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, please complete the form on this page for a free lawsuit evaluation. A representative of our firm will be in touch shortly.