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The lawyers at DeBlase Brown Eyerly LLP have collectively recovered in the hundreds of millions of dollars for their clients. Other law firms entrust us with their clients who have been harmed by asbestos. As measured by total number of asbestos filings, we are among the top 3 firms in Los Angeles county. It's no secret that there are hundreds of firms seeking asbestos-harmed clients. We are one of the few firms that actually works on these cases. Experience, dedication and results are what we offer.

Below is a highlight of firm's trial experience.

Colbath Plaza Homeowners Association v. Familian

Los Angeles County Superior Court trial
Judge Martin Suits (Van Nuys)
December 1997
Type of Case: Construction Defect
Judgment: $1,973,741.00

David F. v. Garlock Sealing Technologies

Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Conrad Aragon
March 2005
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Verdict: $10,309,000 with punitive findings. Case settled after verdict and before punitive phase.
Plaintiff’s testifying witnesses at trial: Richard Lemen, Ph.D., Richard Hatfield, James Robb, M.D., and Plaintiff and his wife.
David was a Navy machinist who was diagnosed when he was 81 years old. He brushed, scraped and power brushed Garlock asbestos-containing gaskets off of metal flanges as part of his work as a Navy machinist during World War II.

John D. v. Kaiser Gypsum
San Francisco County Superior Court jury trial
Judge Mary Wiss
June 2007
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Case settled after Plaintiff's case in chief: in excess of $2.1 million as to all defendants.
Plaintiff's testifying witnesses: Carl Andrew Brodkin, M.D., Eugene Mark, M.D., Richard Hatfield, Barry Castleman, Ph.D, Arnold Brody, Ph.D, plaintiff.
John was a plasterer who worked with stucco and drywall joint compound during his career. He was exposed to asbestos during the mixing, sanding and cleanup of tape joint compound.

Tony P. v. Vons Grocery Store
Los Angeles County Superior Court jury trial
Judge Tricia Ann Bigelow
October 2007
Type of Case: Products Liability, Premises Liability, Negligence, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.
Case settled during Plaintiff's case in chief: in excess of $1.4 million as to all defendants.
Plaintiff's testifying witnesses: Richard Lemen, Ph.D., William Longo, Ph.D, co-workers of plaintiff and plaintiff.
Tony was a carpenter who worked for a construction company which did the remodeling work for Vons supermarkets. Among various asbestos-containing building products, Tony was exposed to crocidolite asbestos when he was required to cut asbestos-containing transite board with a skilsaw.

Charles B. v. Advocate Mines
San Francisco County Superior Court jury trial
Judge John Stewart
November 2007
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.
Case settled after Plaintiff's case in chief: in excess of $1.25 million as to all defendants.
Plaintiff's testifying witnesses: Advocate Mines union member, widow of Advocate Mines miner diagnosed with mesothelioma, James Robb, M.D., Richard Lemen, Ph.D, plaintiff's mother and plaintiff's wife.
Charles was diagnosed with mesothelioma at age 55. He was exposed to asbestos when his father - who worked at the Johns Manville asbestos-cement pipe plant in Louisiana - brought it home on his work clothes. Advocate Mines supplied asbestos to this asbestos-cement pipe plant during the years Charles, as a child, lived in his parent's home.

Delia M. v. Riverside Cement
Los Angeles County Superior Court jury trial
Judge Mark Mooney
August 2008
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Wrongful Death, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.
Case settled after Plaintiff's case in chief: in excess of $2.2 million as to all defendants.
Plaintiff's testifying witnesses: Richard Hatfield, Richard Lemen, Ph.D, plaintiff's co-workers.
Delia's husband died of mesothelioma. He was exposed to asbestos during the mixing, sanding and cleanup of tape joint compound. He was also exposed to asbestos during the mixing and cleanup of Riverside gun plastic cement.

Hyam C. v. Rockwell Automation
Los Angeles County Superior Court jury trial
Judge Aurelio Munoz
September 2008
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.
Case settled after the jury and all alternates were sworn: in excess of $2.2 million as to all defendants.
Hyam worked with asbestos-containing wire and phenolic resins on Navy ships. He was exposed to asbestos while working with these products including drilling, sanding and replacing equipment.

Joseph S. v. CertainTeed
San Francisco County Superior Court jury trial
Judge Thomas Mellon Jr.
October 2008
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Environmental Exposure, Premises Liability, Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma.
Case settled after Plaintiff's case in chief: in excess of $2.6 million as to all defendants.
Plaintiff's testifying witnesses: Allen Smith, M.D., Arnold Brody, Ph.D., Richard Hatfield, Richard Cohen, M.D., Barry Horn, M.D., Kenneth Cohen, Barry Ben-Zion, Samuel Hammar, M.D.
Joseph was exposed to crocidolite asbestos from an asbestos-cement pipe plant approximately two miles upwind of his residence. He was also exposed to asbestos-containing building products during construction at his college dormitory.

Arlen K. v. Crane Co., Chevron
Los Angeles County Superior Court jury trial
Judge Mary Ann Murphy
January, 2009
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Premises Liability, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Case Settled during Voir Dire: in excess of $2 million as to all defendants.
Arlen was 59 years old when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma. He was exposed to asbestos during his work as a machinist in the Navy and at the Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where he worked with and around insulation, pipe covering, gaskets, and packing.

Albert D. v. Copeland Corporation, United Refrigeration
Los Angeles County Superior Court jury trial
Judge Yvette Palazuelos
August, 2009
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Case settled after Voir Dire, opening statements and plaintiff's first witness, Dr. Steven Dikman: in excess of $2 million as to all defendants.
Bert was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma a day before Christmas in 2008 at the age of 86. He was occupationally exposed to asbestos from 1947 to 1985 during his work as a refrigeration mechanic where he would remove and replace asbestos-containing gaskets on compressors.

Robert P. v. Nacco Materials
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Mary Strobel
October, 2009
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Case settled during voir dire in excess of $1.5 million as to all defendants.
Robert worked at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Van Nuys as a maintenance machinist. He was exposed to and worked on asbestos-containing forklift brakes, industrial gaskets and valves.

Francisco N. v. Advocate Mines
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Aurelio Munoz
December, 2009
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Mistrial - hung jury 8-4 in Plaintiffs’ favor
Plaintiffs’ testifying witnesses: Arnold Brody, Ph.D., John Bursnall, Ph.D., Steven Dikman, M.D., Gerald Dwyer, Arthur Frank, M.D., John Templin, CIH, Harold Kahlen and Ray Dascenszo.
Francisco was a laborer in the pipe wrapping department of Johns Manville’s Long Beach facility. He was exposed to asbestos fiber supplied to the Johns Manville plant by a Canadian company called Advocate Mine. Francisco passed away shortly after the trial.

Edward B. v. Crane Co.
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Richard Rico
November, 2010
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Case settled during Plaintiffs' case in chief in excess of $1.2 million as to all defendants.
Plaintiffs' testifying witnesses: Arnold Brody, Ph.D., Steven Paskal, CIH, Steven Dikman, M.D.
Ed was an engineer in a variety of manufacturing plants located east of Los Angeles. He worked in the Ameron pipe plant where he worked near co-workers who dumped crocidolite (blue) asbestos into hoppers for the construction of fluid pipe. During his lifetime, Ed also removed and replaced asbestos-containing gaskets and packing on valves.

Victor E. v. CertainTeed
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis
February, 2011
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Case settled during Plaintiffs' case in chief in excess of $3 million as to all defendants.
Plaintiffs testifying witnesses: Arnold Brody, Ph.D., Richard Lemen, Ph.D., John Templin, CIH.
Victor served our country in the Merchant Marines where he was exposed to asbestos aboard ships. After his service, he became a construction superintendent and was exposed to asbestos-containing joint compound as well as asbestos-cement pipe during the construction of hundreds of homes in Orange County.

William K. v. Kaiser Gypsum
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Michael Solner
May, 2011
Type of Case: Products Liability, Negligence, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Case settled at the end of Plaintiffs' case in chief in excess of $2.5 million.
Plaintiffs' testifying witnesses: Arnold Brody, Ph.D., Richard Lemen, Ph.D., Steven Dikman, M.D., Barry Horn, M.D., Barry ben-Zion, Ph.D., John Templin, CIH, George Kirk
Bill was a career homebuilder in northern California. During the construction of scores of houses, he was exposed to a variety of asbestos-containing products including joint compound, stucco, electrical breakers, siding, cement pipe, gaskets pipe covering and roofing materials.