Alimta Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma Trial Verdict – Los Angeles CA – January 2010

Lorillard wins defense verdict in lawsuit involving an asbestos filter used in Kent cigarettes in the 1950′s and one argument is that plaintiff Robert Cox contracted his mesothelioma from secondhand exposure to asbestos on his father’s clothing

Mesothelioma Verdict Reversed – Florida – October 2009

Florida appellate reverses April 2008 Miami-Dade County jury verdict for $24.2 million in favor of medical doctor Steven Guilder who has died from his peritoneal mesoththelioma and ordered a new trial against Honeywell

Mesothelioma Verdict – Erie County NY – October 2009

An upstate New York jury awarded the Estate of Ronald Drabczyk $1500000 in compensatory damages as well as $750000 punitive damages and this is the first punitive damages award for a New York asbestos case in more than 20 years