Dr. Stephen Guilder was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma on September 26, 2007. Guilder filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade court against Honeywell international Inc, formerly Bendix, claiming that the disease was wrongly caused. It was claimed that Guilder’s exposure to Honeywell’s asbestos brakes in the 1970s and early 1980s caused his terminal cancer.
The trial took two […]
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Florida Jury Delivers $24 Million Verdict in Mesothelioma Case
May 12th, 2008 · No Comments
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Illinois Mesothelioma Victim Files Lawsuit Against Ford, GE, others
May 12th, 2008 · No Comments
On April 17, 2008, Mr. George Geisler filed a lawsuit in Illinois, claiming 59 defendants were responsible for his diagnosis of mesothelioma – companies such as CBS, Ford Motor Company, General Electric, General Motors, Goodyear, Honeywell International, Ingersoll-Rand, John Crane, Owens-Illinois, and Phillips Electrical.
Geisler had been a machinist since 1978. In that capacity he worked […]
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$2 Million Verdict Awarded in Mesothelioma Case to Former Navy Man
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments
The wife and two children of Calvin Oxford were awarded in excess of $2 million in total damages by a San Francisco jury because of her late husband’s asbestos-related death. Calvin Oxford worked in the Navy in the 1960s, where he was an attendant in the Navy’s fighter ships and worked on marine boilers and […]
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Baltimore Man Wins $15 Million Verdict in Mesothelioma Case
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
George Linkus worked at Key Highway Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1952 to 1959. He worked in various departments in the ship yard. In 1954, he started working in the shipyard’s machine shop. As part of his job, he had to work on lining valves using ropes made by John Crane Inc. Key Highway Shipyard is […]
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Oregon Woman Falls Victim to Asbestos, Mesothelioma
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Linda O’Donnell was diagnosed with Peritoneal Mesothelioma. This is a cancer of the lining of the abdomen. O’Donnell is a 66-year-old resident of Oregon.
O’Donnell and her husband Reginald filed a case in California Superior court, against against several manufactures and suppliers of dry talcs which were used by O’Donnell. These dry talcs were used as […]
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