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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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Navy Firefighter Awarded $2.6 Million for Asbestos Related Cancer
3/12/09 - David Fortier was a firefighter aboard the USS Forrestal from 1969 to 1972. He worked on pumps and other asbestos-insulated equipment manufactured by the Allis Chalmers Corporation. He 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. His widow, Gail Fortier, was awarded $2.59 million when a six person Connecticut jury decided the case against Allis-Chambers on March 12, 2009.
Asbestos is the primary cause of Mesothelioma, and many ships and aircraft carriers were built with asbestos-insulated equipment and contaminated with asbestos. Mesothelioma can take many years to manifest in a person who has been exposed to asbestos contamination, and symptoms do not appear until there is a significant amount of the cancer in the body. Read the Asbestos News article...
