Baron&Budd,P.C. Mesothelioma Case Results

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1 Baron&Budd,P.C. Mesothelioma Case Results The information listed below represents just some of the cases Baron & Budd attorneys have handled on behalf on mesothelioma victims and their families. It is important to note that Baron & Budd attorneys served as lead counsel for all of these cases, which means that they did not refer out the work to other law firms. Since some mesothelioma law firms refer out all of their cases it is important to for you to ask any law firm you are considering if they are a referral-only firm or if they practice law with lawyers on staff. Specific Results Depend on the Facts of Each Case. Past Performance Is No Guarantee of Future Success. $10,747, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses for a gentleman who developed malignant mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to joint compound as a construction worker in California. This case went to trial and resulted in a significant verdict in favor of the gentleman, his wife and children that was listed by a national legal publication as one of the top verdicts in the U.S. that year. The case subsequently settled. $6,484, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the widow of a California resident who died at the age of 50 after developing asbestos-related mesothelioma. He was exposed to asbestos while serving in the Navy aboard nuclear submarines during the 1960s. This case went to trial against the manufacturer of an asbestos-containing pipe covering product. The jury awarded a significant verdict, which was affirmed on appeal. Baron & Budd, P.C Main Office: 3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100, Dallas, TX. Other Offices: Austin, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Baton Rouge, LA; Miami, FL.

2 $5,277, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of a woman who was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 68. She was exposed to asbestos in construction materials while working in her family s California home remodeling business. The case went to trial against the manufacturer of an asbestos-containing joint compound. The jury awarded significant damages, which were affirmed on appeal. $4,713, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for an ironworker who worked at a number of West Texas industrial sites throughout his career, and who was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 79. $3,978, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the widow of a gentleman who developed mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to asbestos while working as an engineer at a power plant. This case went to trial in Brownsville, Texas and resulted in a significant jury verdict, which was affirmed on appeal. $3,705, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of a pipefitter who worked in Texas chemical plants and refineries, where he was exposed to a variety of asbestoscontaining products. He died at the age of 80 from complications related to his pleural mesothelioma. $3,667, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for an aircraft mechanic with worked at Texas airports, where he was exposed to asbestos. The case went to trial against the manufacturer of an asbestos-containing pipe covering product, with the jury awarding a significant verdict. The case subsequently settled. $3,662, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a Texas resident who developed mesothelioma at the age of 70. Our client began his working career in the construction industry in the 1940s as a latherer/plasterer, and eventually formed his own construction company. He was exposed to asbestos-containing products throughout his career. The case went to trial, with the jury awarding a significant verdict against the manufacturer of an asbestos-containing joint compound product to which our client was exposed. $3,591, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of an Iowa gentleman who was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 56. He was exposed to asbestos at various construction sites where he worked as a sheet rocker, roofer and laborer. $3,580, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of a former custodian who developed mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to asbestos-containing products during the construction and remodeling of three Texas school buildings. At times, he would personally use asbestos-containing joint compound products to make repairs at the schools. He died of mesothelioma at the age of 60.

3 $3,447, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of a gentleman with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while working as a mechanical contractor at a variety of industrial sites in a number of states over the course of his career. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 71. $3,054, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a Louisiana welder and his family. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 51. In addition to his asbestos exposure at various shipyards and industrial sites, he was exposed to asbestos brought into the home when he was a child because he lived with a sheet metal worker and a welder. $2,885, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of a Texas man diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 49 who was exposed to asbestos while working as a machinist and a welder. $2,828, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 62. He was exposed to asbestos while working as a young man in commercial and residential construction in Texas. $2,743, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for Texas man who spent his career in Texas oil refineries and chemical plants, working as a carpenter, insulator, painter and brickmason. Because of his occupational asbestos exposure, he was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 75. $2,730, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a woman and her family. This woman, 63 years of age at the time of her diagnosis, suffered what is commonly called household exposure to asbestos. She was exposed to asbestos fibers brought home from work on the clothing of her father, a foreman in Illinois steel mills. Later, she was also exposed to asbestos brought home on her husband s clothes from his work in construction sites in Iowa and steel mills in Illinois. $2,590, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a Louisiana man and his family. He was 74 years of age when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, caused by his exposure to asbestos as a laborer and millwright at a paper mill. The case was tried to a jury, which awarded a substantial verdict; and the judgment was affirmed on appeal. $2,519, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 62-year-old California man with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while working in carpentry and construction. $2,484, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the widow of a Texas man diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 74. He was exposed to asbestos during his career laying water and sewer lines. $2,472, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the widow of a man who died of mesothelioma at the age of 58. He was exposed to asbestos as a salesman going in and out of construction sites in Pennsylvania. He was also exposed to asbestos as a child through his father s work clothing in the family home. This type of exposure is commonly called household exposure.

4 $2,483, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 46-year-old man with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while working as a drywall, roofer and carpenter in commercial and residential construction sites in California. He was also exposed to asbestos through his Naval service. $2,460, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of a 57-year-old man with mesothelioma. He was exposed to asbestos through his work as an painter, insulator and boiler operator at construction sites and chemical plants in Texas and Massachusetts. $2,409, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a Navy veteran diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 63. In addition to his military exposure to asbestos, he was exposed to asbestos while working as a machinist and operator at a Texas oil refinery. $2,307, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a Kentucky woman and her family. This woman experienced household exposure when her father and husband brought home asbestos on their clothes. She was also exposed to asbestos through her own work in a variety of industrial settings, and she was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 55. $2,302, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while serving in the engine rooms of Navy ships in the late 1950s and early 1960s. $2,301, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of a man who worked as a millwright at numerous industrial sites throughout his career and who was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 40. $2,284, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a Louisiana man and his family. This gentleman was exposed to asbestos as an industrial x-ray technician. As a result of his exposure, he was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 58. $2,217, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of a Iowa man who was occupationally exposed to asbestos while working in a variety of trades. He was also exposed to asbestos when his father brought the fibers home on his clothes which is sometimes called household exposure. He was 70 years of age when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma. $2,215, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 61. He served as a boiler tender aboard Navy ships and later worked as an auto mechanic in Kentucky and as a carpenter s helper at new and remodeled construction sites in Massachusetts and Kentucky. $2,192, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, who developed mesothelioma at the age of 74 as result of his exposure to asbestos while working at a petrochemical plant in the 1960s and 1970s.

5 $2,159, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 39-year-old woman diagnosed with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos through her construction worker-father s work clothes. $2,136, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a career electrician/ journeyman who was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 58. $2,134, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a construction worker and his family. He was 80 years of age when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, caused by his exposure to asbestos at a great number of California construction sites. The case went to trial and settled shortly before the jury was expected to reach a verdict. $2,097, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman who developed mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to asbestos while working as a carpenter at a munitions plant. $2,049, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a woman diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 67. She came into contact with asbestos by handling her construction contractor husband s work clothing. $2,031, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 72-year-old woman diagnosed with mesothelioma. She was exposed to asbestos in the family home both as a child and an adult through her father s and husband s work clothing. $2,022, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a former roughneck and his family. This gentleman was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 68. He was exposed to asbestos as a roughneck, pipefitter and laborer in chemical plants and oil fields in Louisiana and Texas. $2,019, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for an 85-year-old gentleman with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos during his career as a construction worker. $2,008, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 59 who was exposed to asbestos while working as a tradesman at an aluminum plant. $2,001, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a former welder and pipefitter who was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 51. He was exposed to asbestos while working for a number of Louisiana contractors. His case was successfully tried to a jury, and the judgment was affirmed on appeal. $1,992, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman who had once worked as a custodian at an oil refinery where he was exposed to asbestos. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 70. $1,977, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, who was exposed to asbestos as a construction worker and was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 61.

6 $1,966, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman with mesothelioma who worked as a machinist in the 1950s s. $1,953, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 62-year-old former engineer diagnosed with mesothelioma. $1,908, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a woman who developed asbestos-related mesothelioma as a result of her exposure as a child to her father s work clothing. $1,901, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 60-year-old gentleman with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while working as a boiler repairman and carpenter. $1,860, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman exposed to asbestos as a foreman at a lead smelter who developed mesothelioma at the age of 72. $1,857, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a career construction worker who developed mesothelioma at the age of 70. He was exposed to asbestos while working on various industrial and commercial construction projects. $1,842, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of a woman who died at the age of 44 from mesothelioma. She was exposed to asbestos as a child through her father s work clothes in the family home. $1,842, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a woman diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 77 who was exposed to asbestos in the home while laundering her husband s work clothes. $1,768, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 61, who was exposed to asbestos while working as a roofer, carpenter and drywaller at residential and construction sites. $1,765, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of a steelworker who died of asbestos-related mesothelioma at the age of 49. At trial, the jury awarded a significant sum after finding the manufacturer of an asbestos-containing refractories product responsible for the gentleman s exposure to asbestos. $1,764, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, who developed mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to asbestos during his career as a pipefitter and plumber. $1,749, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for an 80-year-old gentleman exposed to asbestos as a career plumber. $1,737, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a housewife who developed mesothelioma resulting from her exposure to asbestos while laundering the work clothes of her husband, a construction worker.

7 $1,702, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman with mesothelioma who had worked as a career machinist. $1,695, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a woman who developed mesothelioma at the age of 65. She was exposed to asbestos through her father, a shipyard worker, and through her husband, an oil refinery worker. $1,694, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while working as a tradesman a number of industrial facilities throughout his career. $1,671, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 77-year-old man with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos during his career as an electrician. $1,659, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a retired insulator who worked at a shipyard and who was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 72. $1,654, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 58-year-old man exposed to asbestos while working at a paper mill. $1,630, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 74-year-old gentleman with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos as a boiler operator in the Navy and later, while working in schools and hospitals. $1,601, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman with mesothelioma exposed to asbestos while working as a journeyman electrician. $1,544, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a man who was exposed to asbestos as a power plant operator and who developed mesothelioma at the age of 65. $1,542, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 75-year-old man with mesothelioma who had worked as a rigger at an oil refinery. $1,505, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, who was exposed to asbestoscontaining refractory products while working as a construction engineer for a steel plant and who developed mesothelioma as a result. $1,500, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the widow of a career insulator who worked at a chemical plant and who died of mesothelioma at the age of 77. $1,484, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 74 year old gentleman with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos as an oil refinery worker. $1,421, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 78-year-old gentleman with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while working in the construction and maintenance of several power plants.

8 $1,356, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 75-year-old man exposed to asbestos during his career as a power plant operator. $1,347, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for an 82-year-old gentleman with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos as a ship engineer for an oil company and while serving in the Navy. $1,320, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 74-year-old gentleman diagnosed with mesothelioma who worked as a furnace installer and repairman. $1,293, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a career brick mason who was exposed to asbestos at several industrial and commercial job sites and who developed mesothelioma as a result. $1,280, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 67-year-old gentleman who was exposed to asbestos as a journeyman electrician. $1,275, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman diagnosed with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while working as a laborer and brick mason at an aluminum plant. $1,252, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a 55-year-old man with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while serving in the Navy. $1,243, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a career ironworker who was exposed to asbestos during the course of his career and who was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 68. $1,266, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a career pipefitter who was exposed to asbestos at several industrial facilities and who developed mesothelioma as a result. $1,263, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while working as an equipment mechanic at a steel mill. $1,198, Received by Client after Attorney s Fees and Expenses, for the family of an ironworker who developed mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to asbestos while working at an oil refinery as well and industrial sites. The jury awarded a significant verdict against the oil company where he once worked. You are not alone in your fight for justice. Baron & Budd is on your side. For legal help, call Baron & Budd at or us at info@baronbudd.com.