Verdicts & Settlements

Case: Charles E. Thornton, et al., v. GEA Mechanical Equipment US, Inc., f/k/a GEA Westfalia Separator, Inc., Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Case Number 2017-006018-CA-42

A $70,102,000 jury verdict secured on behalf of a 70 year-old former lab technician who contracted mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos at work.

Injury: Pleural mesothelioma

The Firm in August of 2014, in Hampton, et al., v. Pneumo Abex LLC, Case Number 13-CA-00974, represented a 65 year old automobile mechanic who suffered from peritoneal
mesothelioma.

The Firm received a $37,000,000.00 million jury verdict in Hillsborough County, Florida.

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Case: Sherri Hubbird, as Personal Representative of the Estate of David R. Ellsworth deceased, v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Case Number 2012-18904-CA-01.

A Miami-Dade jury issued a $28,000,000 judgment against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in a product-liability case involving a deceased man who smoked Lucky Strike, Viceroy, then Winston from 1945 to 1993

Injury: Lung Cancer

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In April of 2008, the Firm received a $24,170,000.00 compensatory verdict against Honeywell International in Guilder v. Honeywell International, Inc. Case No. 07-36683.

The Plaintiff was a shade-tree mechanic in college and a construction worker who died at the age of 52 from peritoneal mesothelioma.

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Case: Garrison v. Union Carbide Corporation, et al. Circuit Court, Broward County, Florida Case Number 10-12353

Injury: Mesothelioma after a brief but intensive four-month window of exposure to asbestos.

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Case: Roy L. Taylor, et al. v. Georgia-Pacific LLC, Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida Case Number 14-022141 CA 42

A Miami-Dade jury issued a $17,175,000 judgment against Georgia-Pacific LLC in a product liability suit involving a commercial painter who was exposed to asbestos-containing joint compound in 1977.

Injury: Pleural Mesothelioma

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Case: McQuillin v. Perez

Former Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Carlos Perez was ordered to pay $15 million in damages after being found liable in a civil sexual assault trial. Miami resident Amy McQuillin sought and received $9 million in punitive damages.

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Case: Aubin v. Union Carbide Corporation, Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida Case Number 08-68233

Injury: Peritoneal Mesothelioma from asbestos exposure.

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In 2000, the Firm’s lawyers in Dorhout v. United States Gypsum Co. Case No. 99-11802 CA (42), received a $14,088,300.00 verdict from a Miami-Dade County jury.

The Plaintiff, a 74 year-old who was only exposed to United States Gypsum for 2-3 weeks. To the Firm’s knowledge, this was the highest compensatory damage verdict for a single case against United States Gypsum Co.

Case: Plaintiff vs. Banner Supply Co, et al. Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida Case Number 07-39380

Injury: Pleural Mesothelioma from asbestos exposure.

Case: Richard Batchelor et al v. American Optical Corp et al

$12+ million verdict secured on behalf of a technician who was diagnosed with mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos. The jury sided with our legal team and found a construction and civil engineering firm that oversaw maintenance at the power plant where our client worked liable for the damages sustained by our client and his wife.

Injury: Mesothelioma

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Case: CuCulino v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris USA, Inc.

A Miami-Dade jury on issued a $12,500,000 judgment against tobacco giant Philip Morris in a product-liability case involving a Florida Keys man who smoked Marlboro cigarettes from 1965 to 2009.

Injury: Coronary artery disease.

Case: Rosa-Maria F. Britt v. Northrop Grumman Systems

$9 million verdict obtained on behalf of a widow whose husband died of mesothelioma. At trial, our legal team was able to refute the defendant’s claims that our client’s mesothelioma was not necessarily caused by asbestos exposure and the jury awarded $9.02 million against an aerospace and defense technology company.

Injury: Mesothelioma

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Case: Moure-Cabrera v. Johnson & Johnson

$9 million verdict obtained on behalf of 82 year-old school teacher suffering from peritoneal mesothelioma. This was the first verdict against Johnson & Johnson in the State of Florida for injury related to asbestos in its Baby Powder.

Injury: Peritoneal Mesothelioma

The Firm in September of 2013, in Delisle v. Lorillard Tobacco Co., Hollingsworth & Vose Co., Crane, Co., et al. Case No. 12-25722 (27), received an $8,000,000.00 verdict against Lorillard Tobacco, Crane Co. and Hollingsworth & Vose from a Broward County jury for a 73 year old maintenance electrician suffering from mesothelioma.

This is the largest compensatory verdict against Lorillard Tobacco for their asbestos containing cigarettes.

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Case: Joyce Moore, as Personal Representative of the Estate of David W. Moore v. John Crane Inc., Circuit Court, Broward County, Florida, Case Number 2013-011729-CA-27

A $6,785,000 jury verdict secured on behalf of a widow whose husband passed away at age 70 from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos from his work in a chemical plant.

Injury: Pleural mesothelioma

In 1995, the Firm received the largest of its time compensatory award in Florida for a mesothelioma case against Owens Corning in Galotti v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Case No.
93-23982 CA (42).

Mr. Galotti was a 46 year old shipyard worker who suffered from
mesothelioma and secured a $6,250,000.00 verdict in Miami-Dade County.

The Firm in November of 2014, in Fernandez v. Florida Power & Light Co., Case No.: 11-17044 CA 59, received a $5,670,000.00 verdict against FPL, by a Miami-Dade County jury, for the wife of Mr. Fernandez who died from asbestosis at age 88 from his exposure to asbestos-containing products while working as a boilermaker at numerous FPL power plants.

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In 2013, the Firm obtained a $5,500,000.00 settlement on behalf of the parents of a two-year old little girl in a medical malpractice and premises liability claim after she tragically died from a hospital-acquired fungal infection and meningoencephalitis.

Case: Williams v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Case Number 11-26313 CA 02

Injury: Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Case: Parsons vs. Ford Motor Company, et al. Circuit Court, Broward County, Florida Case Number 05-12959

Injury: Peritoneal Mesothelioma from asbestos exposure.

In 1997, the Firm secured the highest verdict ever in the U.S. for a single non-malignant asbestos case against Owens- Corning in Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. McKenna Case
No. 93-22480 CA (42).

Charles McKenna was a 62 year old former pipefitter who filed suit in Miami-Dade County and received a $5,000,000.00 verdict.

Case: Castillo v. E.I. DuPont de Memours and Company and Pine Island Farms, Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida Case Number 93-141699

Injury: Child was born with anophthalmia (without eyes) due to his mother's exposure to Benlate, a DuPont fungicide.

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In 2009, the Firm received a $3,606,000.00 verdict against Ford Motor Company and Pneumo Abex Corporation in Daly v. Ford Motor Company Case No. 07-19211, for Lynda Daly developed, and succumbed to at age 56, mesothelioma from household asbestos exposure in Broward County.

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Case: Rivera v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 683 So.2d 154 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).

Injury: Mesothelioma from exposure to Kaylo insulation.

In 1992, the Firm’s lawyers also represented Arthur J. Dougherty, a 65 year old electrician in Hillsborough County who suffered from Mesothelioma. Mr. Dougherty secured a
$2,981,302.00 verdict against Owens-Corning in Arthur J.

Case: Dougherty v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., et al., 787 So. 2d 865 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)

Injury: Mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working as an electrician.

Case: Paul Hernandez v. Union Carbide Corporation, Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Case Number 2018-027002-CA-42

A $2,854,159 jury verdict secured on behalf of an 84 year-old real estate developer who contracted mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos-containing joint compound in the 1970s.

Injury: Pleural mesothelioma

Case: Zimmerman v. AC & S, Inc., Circuit Court, Broward County, Florida Case Number 00-4228

Injury: Mesothelioma from asbestos exposure.

In 2003, the Firm in Lagueux v. Union Carbide Case No. 01 10781 (27) received a $1,800,000.00 verdict against Union Carbide from a Broward County jury. The Plaintiff was a 50 year old who suffered from asbestosis as a result of working with drywall.

This was the first case in the nation in which a jury awarded damages against Union Carbide Corporation in connection with the asbestos it mined.

In 2012, the Firm obtained a $1,500,000.00 settlement against a major drug manufacturer as a result of a defective drug.

Case: Dennis Kavanaugh and Ingeborg Kavanaugh, his wife v. Union Carbide Corporation. Circuit Court, Palm Beach County, Florida, Case Number 03-1065 AD

Injury: Peritoneal Mesothelioma due to exposure to Calidria asbestos.

Case: Reese v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Case Number 2007-030296 CA 24

Injury: Laryngeal Cancer

Case: Pyke v. Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp. and W.R. Grace Company, Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida Case Number 92-20868

Injury: Asbestosis and plural thickening from asbestos exposure.

In 1992, the Firm won a $900,000.00 verdict against Owens Corning in Fances Zabka v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Case No. 91-22257 for Mr. Zabka and his wife.

Joseph F. Zabka was a 69 year old pipefitter, who smoked for 30 to 40 years, and suffered from lung cancer.

In 2016, the Firm obtained an $800,000.00 presuit settlement on behalf of a 70 year-old man who lost all five fingers on his right hand as a result of a medical malpractice claim arising from a delay in diagnosis and treatment of his allergic reaction to heparin.

In 1998, in Parrino v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., et al. Case No. 94-04152 Ca (42), the Firm was awarded $500,000.00 verdict against Owens-Corning in Miami-Dade County for Mr. Parrino, a 79 year old pipefitter and brake mechanic who suffered from pleural
plaques.

In 2013, the Firm obtained a $450,000.00 presuit settlement in a medical malpractice claim on behalf of a 67 year old man who suffered from atrial fibrillation and a stroke in a medical malpractice claim after his doctors improperly took him off of Pradaxa.

The Firm in October of 2013, in Johnson v. AC&S, Inc., et al. Case No.00-10830, represented a 60 year old former Airman in the United States Air force and boilermaker exposed to asbestos.

The Firm received a $300,000.00 award in Broward County for nonmalignant pleural disease against Mobil Corporation and the United States Air Force.

In 2016, the Firm obtained a confidential settlement in a product liability class action lawsuit on behalf of all Toyota and Lexus owners in the State of Florida.