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A Brazoria County jury has awarded the widow of an an industrial engineer and oil field consultant, $1.2 million for asbestos exposure from 1975 to 1980 that lead to his malignant mesothelioma - a terminal illness that often claims its victims within 12 to 18 months of diagnosis.
Video Footage: Peter Kraus of Waters & Kraus law firm speaks about Asbestos Exposure at the recently held HB's National Asbestos Litigation Conference in San Francisco.
A San Francisco County jury has awarded $2.3 million to the family of a man who spent his career working as a civilian marine machinist and maintenance manager for the U.S. Navy.
A Clay County jury has found three corporations liable for the death of a construction worker who worked with their asbestos-containing products more than three decades ago. Conwed, Simpson Timber, and Bondex Held Liable for Product Defects and Failure to Warn.
A psychiatrist contracted by the state of Pennsylvania to monitor private facilities for fraud and abuse blew the whistle on Southwood Psychiatric Hospital, Inc., a private psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents. The Hospital agreed not only to change their policies and conduct, but also to pay $150,000 to the Medicaid program to settle the fraud allegations. The agreement comes after a two-part, four-year investigation that began in 2001.
Even after recent Supreme Court rulings, the exclusionary rule under the 4th Amendment remains alive and well. Broden & Mickelsen discuss Supreme Court Rulings.
An LA County jury has awarded $12.1 million to a U.S. Navy serviceman who was exposed to asbestos during a single tour of duty in the early 1960s. Jury found John Crane, Inc. and Lone Star Industries, Inc. liable for Product Defects and Failure to Warn.
An LA jury handed down an $8.02 million verdict to a 62-year-old retired sales engineer with a deadly asbestos-related cancer. The Jury found Foster-Wheeler Liable for Defective Product Design and Negligence.
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