Trial lawyer Jessica Dean, name partner in Dallas’ Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP, has been recognized as one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers…
Oklahoma Appellate Court Upholds $8 Million Mesothelioma Verdict
May 18, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 18, 2021 — An Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals has affirmed an $8 million verdict awarded to the estate of an oil…
Foster Wheeler On Hook For $2.25M Asbestos Award
May 22, 2019
Foster Wheeler On Hook For $2.25M Asbestos Award [PDF] Law360 (May 22, 2019, 10:51 PM EDT) — A Louisiana appellate panel on Wednesday upheld a…
Court Won’t Ax Covil’s $33M Asbestos Verdict
May 1, 2019
Court Won’t Ax Covil’s $33M Asbestos Verdict [PDF] Law360 (May 1, 2019, 6:37 PM EDT) — A North Carolina federal judge refused Wednesday to overturn…
J&J’s 3-Deal Day Signals A Shift In Legal War Over Talc
March 29, 2019
J&J’s 3-Deal Day Signals A Shift In Legal War Over Talc [PDF] Law360 (March 29, 2019, 10:39 PM EDT) — Johnson & Johnson has fought…
$18.5M awarded over fatal asbestos exposure at central Arkansas brake shop
January 31, 2019
After a three-week trial in a Little Rock federal courtroom, a jury awarded more than $18.5 million Tuesday to the family of a man who…
Honeywell Settles Asbestos Row Before Jury Awards $18M
January 30, 2019
Honeywell Settles Asbestos Row Before Jury Awards $18M [PDF] Law360 (January 30, 2019, 8:31 PM EST) — Honeywell International on Wednesday said it had agreed…
Valve Co. Hit With $5M Verdict In Fatal Mesothelioma Trial
January 29, 2019
Valve Co. Hit With $5M Verdict In Fatal Mesothelioma Trial [PDF] Law360 (January 29, 2019, 7:31 PM EST) — A South Carolina jury has found…
Michigan’s largest asbestos release in at least 40 years
January 20, 2019
A woman and two men from Southwest Michigan are facing up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty in what investigators say may have been the largest release of asbestos in Michigan since the material was declared a hazardous air pollutant in 1971.
Asbestos discovery closes Central Michigan University Building
January 20, 2019
On Friday, May 29, 2015, staff at Central Michigan University’s Office of Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety were informed of elevated levels of asbestos in the air of the first and second floors of Warriner Hall.