Baron and Budd, PC Announces $48 Million Verdict for California … | Old Dominion Environmental Services, Inc.

LOS ANGELES, Jun 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $48 million to the
family of a mesothelioma
patient after finding Union Carbide Corp., a subsidiary of the The Dow
Chemical Company, Riverside Cement, CalPortland and others responsible.
This is the largest mesothelioma verdict in the nation in 2012.

Baron and Budd mesothelioma
lawyers John Langdoc and Christine Tamer represented
the patient at trial.

“The asbestos companies abjectly refused to admit that their
products are causing cancer,” said attorney John Langdoc. “But
we discovered not only that their products caused cancer — but that they
also spent millions hiding that fact.”

During the six-week trial, Union Carbide presented numerous paid
expert witnesses who argued that its asbestos –trade named “Calidria
asbestos” –did not cause cancer. But confidential
internal memos revealed that even Union Carbide staff
physicians reprimanded the marketing and sales groups for telling
customers its asbestos did not cause disease.

Two other defendants, Riverside Cement and CalPortland, also hired
expert witnesses to testify that the amount of asbestos released from
their products was trivial. However, bags of their construction products
were scientifically shown to have quadrillions of fibers of asbestos.

While the jury found blame with all of the defendants, they
ascribed $18 in punitive damages to Dow Chemical’s subsidiary Union
Carbide for its corporate cover-up of asbestos dangers. Langdoc
explained: “The jury awarded punitive damages against Union Carbide of
$1 million dollars for each year that it continued to supply asbestos
after a 1967 internal memo where the company admitted that asbestos
caused cancers, even after brief exposures.”

Baron and Budd has been spearheading meaningful litigation for
consumers for almost 40 years. Originally founded to protect the rights
of mesothelioma and asbestos cancer patients, Baron and Budd was one of
the first law firms to take on the asbestos industry and continues to
fight today. The firm has an established track record of substantial
mesothelioma verdicts, including a $55 million verdict in El Paso, TX;
$20 million in San Francisco, CA; $17 million in Philadelphia, PA; $11
million in Dallas, TX; and many others throughout the nation.

To learn more about the mesothelioma attorneys at Baron and Budd,
call 1.866.855.1229 or visit the firm’s dedicated mesothelioma
website Mesothelioma
News

About Baron Budd, P.C.

The national mesothelioma law firm of Baron Budd, P.C. has been
“Protecting What’s Right” for asbestos sufferers and their families for
nearly 40 years. As one of the first law firms to successfully litigate
an asbestos lawsuit, Baron Budd continues to actively represent
veterans, industry workers and others who are suffering as a result of
exposure to asbestos. Contact Baron and Budd at 1.866.855.1229 for
additional information on mesothelioma treatments, mesothelioma cancer
doctors and treatment centers and mesothelioma
attorneys.

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