Kazan, McClain, Lyons, Greenwood & Harley, A Professional Law Corporation
Summary
Main Office
Jack London Market 55 Harrison Street, Suite 400
Oakland,
CA 94607
Languages
English, Spanish, Tagalog, Mandarin Chinese
Years of Experience
35
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Office Locations
Main Office
Jack London Market 55 Harrison Street, Suite 400
Oakland, CA 94607
Helping Asbestos Victims Since 1974
Kazan, McClain, Lyons, Greenwood & Harley PLC
Articles Written
Mesothelioma Treatment Options
Created On: 10/10/2011
Mesothelioma Diagnosis and Screening Methods
Created On: 10/10/2011
Asbestosis and Other Asbestos-Related Diseases
Created On: 10/10/2011
Asbestos and Mesothelioma Lawsuits: The Discovery Process
Created On: 08/29/2011
If you become involved in an asbestos/mesothelioma injury case, you and your attorney(s) will need to go through the process of discovery to gather evidence and investigate the details of your injury to build a strong case.
Case History
Ulysses Collins and Cloristeen Collins v. Plant Insulation Compa
Practice Area: Asbestos
Description: Ulysses Collins died of mesothelioma at the age of sixty-five. He was a welder at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard from 1960-1973, a welder/boilermaker at Standard Oil in Richmond, California from 1973-1976, and a welder at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California from 1976-1994.
Outcome: The jury verdict for plaintiffs was $10,038,000, which included $1,038,000 in economic damages.
Robert Frank Smith and Mary Lou Smith v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2009)
Practice Area: Asbestos
Description: Robert Smith, age 65, worked from 1968 to 1971 as an automobile serviceman for Southern California Edison in Long Beach, California. He and his fellow workers regularly inspected, removed, and replaced asbestos-containing brakes on the Southern California Edison's fleet of vehicles, causing him to breathe deadly asbestos dust. Pneumo Abex LLC manufactured many of these brakes, which Edison purchased from a local NAPA store. Mr. Smith was also exposed to asbestos while working as a truck driver from 1971 to the early 1980s hauling used brake shoes to and from a Sears, Roebuck & Co. facility.
Outcome: The jury awarded Mr. Smith $900,000 for his past and future medical expenses, $480,000 for his lost income and household services, and $2,500,000 for his pain and suffering. The jury also awarded Mary Lou Smith, his wife of over 44 years, $175,000 for her loss of her husband's support and companionship.
Ronald Merrill Ricker and Suzanna Ricker v. RSCC Wire & Cabl
Practice Area: Asbestos
Description: Ronald Ricker was exposed to asbestos from Rockbestos asbestos insulated wire products from 1966 to 1971 brought home on the clothing, person, and personal effects of his mother, Clara Ricker, when she worked at Varian, Inc. in Napa and Walnut Creek, California, and from his own employment as a machinist at Varian, Inc. in Walnut Creek, California from 1969 to 1971. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an asbestos-caused cancer, in October 2009.
Outcome: On November 18, 2010, an Oakland jury returned a verdict for the Rickers of $5,482,047.54 against defendant RSCC Wire & Cable, Inc. ("RSCC"), the manufacturer and supplier of Rockbestos asbestos insulated wire and cable products.
Gordon and Emily Bankhead v. Allied Packing & Supply, Inc.,
Practice Area: Asbestos
Description: Gordon Bankhead, age 66, worked from 1965 to 1999 in the service and repair of heavy duty vehicles as a Parts Man. He spent most of his career at Sea-Land Shipping Company in Oakland, California. He regularly handled asbestos-containing brakes, and was present for the inspection, replacement, grinding, and blowing out of asbestos-containing brakes. All of these activities caused him to breathe deadly asbestos dust.
Outcome: On January 6, 2011 an Alameda County jury returned a $13.5 million dollar second phase verdict assessing punitive damages against Phuemo Abex LLC (9 million dollars) and Arvin Meritor/Rockwell (4.5 million dollars). In the first phase of the trial, completed on December 22, the jury awarded 3.9 million dollars in compensatory damages, and found that the defendants, Pneumo Abex, Arvin Meritor, and co-defendant Carlisle Corporation (which resolved before Phase 2), acted with malice, fraud and oppression, warranting the second phase determination.
Donald Osterberg v. Allied Packing & Supply, Inc., et al. (2
Practice Area: Asbestos
Description: Donald Osterberg, age 79, worked from 1949 to May 1950, as a night shift laborer during the construction of the PG&E Steam Plant at Moss Landing, California. Mr. Osterberg swept up dust and debris, often six to 12 inches deep, from asbestos-containing insulation, pipe covering and other asbestos debris left behind from the day's work at the construction site. Mr. Osterberg put dust and debris from various defendants' asbestos-containing products into a wheelbarrow and dumped the wheelbarrow from a platform into a truck below, creating plumes of asbestos-containing dust.
Outcome: After two and a half weeks at trial, after eight witnesses testified but before Mr. Osterberg took the stand, the matter resolved without being presented to the jury.
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