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- Philadelphia Asbestos Verdict $25.2 Million The jury in the case of Baccus v. Crane Co. recently awarded James Baccus’ Estate $25.2 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
- Navy Firefighter Awarded $2.6 Million for Asbestos Related Cancer David Fortier was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October of 2006, and died in June of 2008. He filed a lawsuit shortly after his diagnosis, but he did not live to see his case decided.
- Asbestos Plaintiff’s Body Subpoenaed, Taken from Graveyard Just Before Burial Harold St. John's body was never laid to rest when a court issued a subpoena for his body to collect tissue samples. Chrysler, one of the defendants in the lawsuit, maintains that the proceedings were necessary to obtain additional information about the way Mr. St. John died.
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Los Angeles Asbestos Exposure
Significant asbestos exposure has occurred in at least 140 California cities, with Los Angeles having 49 known sites and the city where most use of asbestos happened. Todd Shipyards and California Shipbuilding Corporation are two examples of Los Angeles asbestos exposure.Los Angeles Asbestos at Todd Shipyards
Workers at Todd Shipyards in Los Angeles were constantly constructing and repairing ships made with asbestos containing materials. What made matters worse is that the asbestos shipyard was poorly ventilated and its workers did not wear any protective clothing or respiratory gear. As a result, workers inhaled deadly amounts of asbestos fibers that floated in the air at the Los Angeles asbestos shipyard. Because asbestos-related diseases can take up to 40 years to develop, many of its Los Angeles asbestos shipyard workers are now becoming ill and will continue to do so in the near future.California Shipbuilding Corporation
California Shipbuilding Corporation or "Calship,” was one of the original nine asbestos shipyards approved to build Liberty Ships. More than 300 Liberty Ships were built at the yard as well as 30 Liberty Tankers.Calship delivered its first ship, the John C. Fremont, 273 days after her keel was laid down. By July 1942, when the Joseph McKenna was delivered, that time was cut down to 75 days.
The shipyard continued to set records for speed at building Liberty ships. By June 1942, the yard was exceeding its 12 ships per month quota. At the end of the war, the asbestos shipyard was given title as the most efficient shipyard. Little did the workers know that their efforts to increase production also increased their risk for contacting a fatal, painful Los Angeles asbestos disease.
A significant number of Liberty Ships built at the yard had thousands of pounds of Los Angeles asbestos insulating products installed on them. Asbestos shipyard workers who constructed these ships were exposed to the hazards on a daily basis as they rushed through their work to support the war effort. Not only were the Los Angles asbestos shipyard workers exposed, but the crewmen who subsequently manned these ships also breathed asbestos dust as they operated and maintained these ships. These seamen and shipyards workers remain at risk of developing mesothelioma because of this Los Angeles asbestos exposure.
