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

If you are among the many workers whose jobs with asbestos later led to serious health concerns, you may be seeking the legal power of a mesothelioma attorney who has been victorious with such litigation.

Our firm opened its doors and built its practice on such intricate legal matters. 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.

In November 2006, a Weitz & Luxenberg mesothelioma attorney secured a jury verdict ordering DaimlerChrysler AG to pay $25 million to a New York City brake reliner who lost his right lung to mesothelioma, a rare cancer caused by asbestos.

Chrysler, the world’s fifth-largest automaker, was found to have acted in “reckless disregard for the safety of others,” in its failure to warn of the hazards of asbestos, which it has known about since the 1930s.

The case (Index no. 113939/04, New York Supreme Court, Manhattan) was brought by Alfred D’Ulisse, 73 and his wife, Margaret, of North Massapequa, New York.

Mr. D’Ulisse, a retired police officer, was exposed to asbestos while relining Chrysler brakes at Morak Brakes in Brooklyn, New York, from 1960 to 1981.

Michael Roberts, Weitz & Luxenberg trial team attorney said, “The jury obviously disbelieved Chrysler’s bogus litigation-defense that working with asbestos brakes is safe.”

The Weitz & Luxenberg trial team included Roberts, Adam Cooper and Jerry Kristal, with additional support by associate attorney Patti Burshtyn. Prior to this case, Chrysler had boasted of winning 14 asbestos-related cases in a row.

In this suit, Chrysler was found to be “jointly and severally liable,” thus requiring the company to pay 80 percent of the verdict—its 10 percent share and an additional 70 percent for the shares of two other companies. This is believed to be the highest verdict against Chrysler, to date.

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