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______ The jury found plaintiff entitled to participate in worker's compensation benefits. - Worker's Compensation Worker's Compensation - Silica - Industrial Exposure - Toxic Exposure
Facts: Plaintiff was a long-term employee of Defendant Ohio Brass Company. He developed lung problems and claimed that his condition was caused by exposure to silica at work. Plaintiff's claim was found not compensable by the industrial commission.

Plaintiff alleged that exposure to free floating silica within defendant's plant resulted in silicosis, and therefore he was e...
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______ $700,000 less 43% comparative negligence yielded a net verdict of $399,000. See Editor's Note. - Premises Liability Premises Liability - Water-filled Gravel Pit - Drowning - Wrongful Death
Facts: Decedent, a man in his thirties, and several friends entered property owned by Defendant U.S. Silica Company through a hole in the six foot high fence. Without defendant's permission, they went swimming in a water-filled gravel pit. Decedent experienced difficulties while swimming and ultimately drowned. The pit had been used as a swimming area for fifteen years. On a summer day ...
- from The Georgia Trial Reporter (111332) Login for Silica Verdict
______ Defense verdict. See Editor's Note. - Products Liability Product Liability - Silica - Statute Of Limitations - Statute Of Limitations - Defense Verdict
Facts: Plaintiff was employed by Defendant Kerr Manufacturing. A form of silica was used in Defendant Kerr's manufacturing process. Plaintiff was exposed to the silica in the early 1970s. In February 1987, an X-ray taken during a routine examination disclosed an abnormality on plaintiff's upper right lung, which was diagnosed as possible cancer, pneumonia or tuberculosis. A bronchoscopy...
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______ $1.3 million Breakdown: $500,000 punitives and $800,000 compensatory. - Wrongful Death Toxic Exposure - Silica - Unsafe Workplace - Intentional Tort - Punitive Damages - Toxic Exposure - Employment
Facts: Plaintiff's decedent was employed as a laborer by Defendant Clay Craft Company. Defendant, a brick manufacturer, used sand and quartz which contained a certain percentage of silica in its manufacturing process. Decedent had advanced pulmonary emphysema and ultimately died. An autopsy showed decedent also had simple silicosis. Defendant had been cited on only one occasion for nuis...
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______ Defense verdict - Falldown Falldown - Slippery Paint - Toy Store - Premises Liability - Defense Verdict
Facts: Plaintiff was a pedestrian on her way into the defendant toy store. Defendant had recently painted the end of the handicapped ramp where the ramp met the sidewalk. Plaintiff slipped and fell face down on the ramp where defendant had painted. Plaintiff suffered multiple foot fractures and a fractured ankle.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant used the wrong paint on the r...
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______ $284,000 less 50% comparative negligence yielded a net verdict of $142,000. - Falldown Falldown - Handicap Ramp - Slippery Painted Surface - Premises Liability
Facts: Plaintiff was walking on a handicap ramp at Defendant Borgess Medical Center when she slipped and fell, fracturing her heel. She was wearing flat-heeled shoes at the time of the incident. The ramp was not wet, however, it had been painted with flat blue paint.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant was negligent in failing to treat the paint with a non-skid additive (such a...
- from The Georgia Trial Reporter (113903) Login for Silica Verdict
______ $24,000 - Laborer Exposed to Silica Settles After Diagnosis of Terminal Lung Cancer
Facts: A machinist who worked for defendant claimed terminal lung cancer as a result of silica exposure. Defendant disputed causation, but settled plaintiff's worker's compensation claim for $24,000.

Howard Ashcraft was a 72 year old male who had worked for defendant Graph-Tex (a subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation) for many years as a machinist/laborer. Over the years, Ashc...
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______ $1,500,000 - Railroad Worker Wins Large Verdict on Claim for Chronic Lung Disease
Facts: A railroad worker who claimed to have developed a chronic lung disease as a result of inhaling ballast dust along railroad tracks was awarded $1,500,000 in damages by a City of Portsmouth jury. The jury deliberated for 5 hours over 2 days before returning the verdict.

Plaintiff Dale Rogers was a 16 year employee of Defendant Norfolk Southern Railway Company. During that t...
- from The Virginia Verdict Reporter (128580) Login for Silica Verdict
______ RECOVERY Slip and fall on wet floor in condominium garage - Failure to add non-slip abrasive materials to paint - Aggravation of pre- existing bilateral arthritis of the knees - Back injury.
The plaintiff, a 62-year-old male at the time of injury, filed p 7 3 this premises liability action against the defendant condominium association. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant failed to use non-slip paint on the garage floor, causing him to slip and fall.

The plaintiff was a resident at the condominium complex managed by the defenda...
- from The Florida Jury Verdict Review and Analysis (3701) Login for Silica Verdict
______ GROSS VERDICT - LABOR LAW SEC. 241 (6)ACTION - FAILURE TO BRACE WALL PRIOR TO DEMOLITION - PLAINTIFF STRUCK IN LOWER HALF OF BODY BY COLLAPSING WALL - LEG FRACTURES - SEVERED TENDON - ANKLE FUSION - BILATERAL MENISCAL TEARS.
This was an action involving a male plaintiff in his mid-30s who was working for a contractor as a laborer at a site in which an older school was being converted into a school bus garage entailing the demolition of interior walls. The plaintiff contended that the walls were not braced as required by regulation and that as he was standing some distance back from the 11 1/2 foot ...
- from The New York Jury Verdict Review and Analysis (33753) Login for Silica Verdict
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