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______ $250,000 partial settlement. See Editor's Note. - Contract Contract - Home Inspection - Fungi Contamination - Settlement - Toxic Tort

Facts: Plaintiffs contracted with house inspector, Defendant Woll and his company, Hartwick Inspections, to inspect a home they intended to buy. Defendant did a visual inspection of the property and plaintiffs went ahead with the sale. Plaintiffs noticed defects with the house from their second day of occupancy. They alleged grading problems, tilted windows allowing water into the home, abs...
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______ $700,000 default judgment. Breakdown: $250,000 compensatory damages; $250,000 punitive damages; and $200,000 attorney fees. - Legal Malpractice Legal Malpractice - Failure To File Lawsuits - Professional Services - Punitive Damages

Facts: Plaintiff hired defendant attorney to represent his interests in three separate causes of action: a toxic tort case against plaintiff's employer and two personal injury cases involving an automobile accident and a train accident. The automobile accident was settled and the other cases were never filed.

Plaintiff alleged that: (1) defendant settled the automobile case wi...
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______ $3,500,000. Breakdown: $1,500,000 joint and several compensatory damages and $1,000,000 punitive damages against each Gage and John Crane. See Editor's Note. - Wrongful Death Products Liability - Asbestos - Wrongful Death - Toxic Tort - Products Liability - Employment - Punitive Damages

Facts: Plaintiff's decedent was employed by a manufacturer of railroad tank cars from 1962 until 1984. During his employment, decedent worked as a shop laborer, a grinder, an inspector and in inventory control. In May 1995, decedent died from pleural mesothelioma. Defendant John Crane manufactured products which contained asbestos and Defendant Gage was a supplier of asbestos products which...
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______ $160,000 including $25,000 loss of consortium. - Motorist Receives Verdict for Lung Damage on Toxic Tort Claim

Facts: A Butler County jury returned a $160,000 verdict for a plaintiff who was injured when she was exposed to chemicals near a co-op facility. The jury verdict included an award of $25,000 for loss of consortium.

Plaintiff Kimberly Lentz was operating her motor vehicle with her window open on a roadway which was located near Defendant Harvestland Co-Op's facility. She smelled ...
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______ Defense verdict (dismissal) - Toxic Tort Claim Against Employer is Dismissed

Facts: A motion to dismiss was granted on an employee's toxic tort claim against his employer. The dismissal was upheld on appeal.

Plaintiff Wayne Dawsey was a supervisor at Defendant New South Inc.'s wood treatment plant. At the plant, wood was pressure-treated by forcing chromated copper arsenate into the wood cells to protect the wood from decay and insect damage. During his ...
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______ $556,000. Breakdown: $278,000 in pain and suffering and $278,000 in property damage. - HVAC Installer Ordered to Pay Damages for Mold Exposure

Facts: A jury awarded a Fulton County woman $556,000 in a toxic tort lawsuit for mold exposure which allegedly resulted from the improper installation of an HVAC system.

Plaintiff Lyall Sailor contracted with Defendant R. S. Andrews Services, Inc. to install a new HVAC system in her home in Atlanta. The defendant installed the furnace directly on the basement floor. According to...
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______ $160,000 including $25,000 loss of consortium. - Motorist Receives Verdict for Lung Damage on Toxic Tort Claim

Facts: A Butler County jury returned a $160,000 verdict for a plaintiff who was injured when she was exposed to chemicals near a co-op facility. The jury verdict included an award of $25,000 for loss of consortium.

Plaintiff Kimberly Lentz was operating her motor vehicle with her window open on a roadway which was located near Defendant Harvestland Co-Op's facility. She smelled ...
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______ NET COMBINED VERDICT - TOXIC TORT - FERN DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE CHEMICAL FUNGICIDE BENLATE - EXCESSIVE BACTERIA CAUSES LEAF DISTORTION - LOSS OF PROFITS TO 27 SEPARATE GROWERS OF LEATHER LEAF FERNS.

This consolidated action was brought by 27 separate growers of leather leaf ferns, a popular fern used in floral arrangements. The growers, all from Costa Rica, claimed in this consolidated action that the defendant E.I. Du Point De Nemours & Company negligently produced and marketed the fungicide Benlate. The plaintiffs alleged that Benlate caused a distortion in the leaves of the le...
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______ Defense verdict. The jury found plaintiffs were 80% comparatively negligent for their injuries. - Ironworkers Found Comparatively Negligent in Toxic Tort Case

Facts: A defense verdict was returned in this toxic tort case involving ironworkers who allegedly suffered respiratory injuries while repairing a lime kiln.

Union ironworkers, Plaintiffs John Armstrong, Robin Matz, Samuel Burton and Robert Pearson, were employed as independent contractors. They repaired a lime kiln for the defendant, Durango-Georgia Paper Company. Plaintiffs cla...
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______ NET COMBINED VERDICT - TOXIC TORT - FERN DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE CHEMICAL FUNGICIDE BENLATE - EXCESSIVE BACTERIA CAUSES LEAF DISTORTION - LOSS OF PROFITS TO 27 SEPARATE GROWERS OF LEATHER LEAF FERNS.

This consolidated action was brought by 27 separate growers of leather leaf ferns, a popular fern used in floral arrangements. The growers, all from Costa Rica, claimed in this consolidated action that the defendant E.I. Du Point De Nemours & Company negligently produced and marketed the fungicide Benlate. The plaintiffs alleged that Benlate caused a distortion in the leaves of the le...
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