Record mesothelioma verdicts in the news

2008 NEWS UPDATE
Record mesothelioma verdicts . . .

Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., specializes in the prosecution of asbestos cases, and is on record in the news media for winning multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for workers and family members who suffered from asbestos-related injuries, most notably mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma is not uncommon among naval shipyard workers, for example, who were exposed to heavy concentrations of asbestos fibers below deck, or automobile mechanics replacing asbestos-containing break shoes that, to this day, still contain dangerous concentrations of asbestos. These fibers lodge in the lungs, only to develop into cancerous tumors decades later.

Just last year, the firm won a $37 million verdict in two asbestos lung cancer cases. The firm also secured a $25 million jury verdict in 2006 in a trial against DaimlerChrysler AG for a New York City brake reliner who lost his right lung to mesothelioma.

Prior to that, the firm won a $53 million verdict for a brake mechanic suffering from mesothelioma, and a $49 million verdict for a boilermaker who died from mesothelioma.

The firm also won a historic consolidated trial involving men who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1940s and 1950s. Weitz & Luxenberg represented 36 clients in that case, securing verdicts of $75 million.

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$53 million verdict — brake mechanic suffering from mesothelioma

$13.5 million verdict — one of the very first Vioxx trial cases

$15 million settlement — man wound up a paraplegic due to negligent hospital care

$37 million verdict — 2 asbestos lung cancer plaintiffs

$47 million verdict — boilermaker who died from mesothelioma

$75 million verdict — historic consolidated trial involving men who had worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1940s and 1950s

$12.7 million verdict — iron worker who was injured due to unsafe working conditions

$64.65 million award — 4 asbestos plaintiffs

$17.5 million — consolidated trial of 5 mesothelioma victims

$25 million jury verdict — brake reliner

$5.8 million settlement — failure to perform timely C-Section

$30 million verdict — 7 former power-plant workers suffering from asbestos-related illnesses

$6 million settlement — pediatric malpractice case

$14 million consolidated verdict — 5 asbestos-related cancer suits: shipyards/powerhouses/construction

$8 million settlement — obstetrical malpractice resulted in neurological deficits

$3.5 million — 2 asbestos exposure cases

$600,000 settlement — motor vehicle negligence resulting in serious injury

$44 million verdict — 5 asbestos cases, including $11.6 million awarded to widow of sheet metal worker who died of mesothelioma

$1.6 million settlement — suicide after premature hospital discharge

$2.6 million settlement — ill-fitting prosthesis caused decubitus ulcers

$1.5 million settlement — construction worker fell off elevated train tracks

$750,000 settlement — defective construction equipment resulted in serious injury to worker

2008 NEWS UPDATERecord mesothelioma verdicts . . .

2008 NEWS UPDATE
Record mesothelioma verdicts . . .