New York, NY – A New York City jury awarded a total of 4 million dollars to compensate a New York City mesothelioma victim and his wive for damages caused by asbestos exposure.
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The case of Joel and Sharon Rosenberg v. Alpha Wire Company, involved the asbestos exposure that Mr. Rosenberg sustained as the result of working as a life-long electrician in New York
Mr. Rosenberg started in the trade while still a teenager in 1960. He suffered asbestos exposure while working in New York as an electrician. Mesothelioma due to workplace asbestos exposure developed in Mr. Rosenberg from a variety of New York worksites including the Arthur Kill Powerhouse in Staten Island, the Vista Hotel in the Financial District, the Cross Bay Bridge and the Deutsche Bank Building.
Mr. Rosenberg, sustained asbestos exposure in the workplace from a variety of sources including the cutting, sawing and skinning of wire and cable that was insulated with asbestos.
The jury awarded $3 million for Mr. Rosenberg’s pain and suffering and $1 million to Mrs. Rosenberg for loss of services and society. Mr. Rosenberg developed mesothelioma during his retirement while living in New Jersey. He died at the age of sixty-four.
It’s interesting, because asbestos became illegal in about 1968 or 1969, so if these guys started in the “60s” they may have had as little as 4 or 5 years exposure to the materials.
In the Casale case, the New York jury returned a verdict in favor of the Casales against a manufacturer of valves, as well as a manufacturer of steam traps. This represents the first verdicts involving valves and steam traps in the history of asbestos exposure litigation in New York, and is reportedly the first asbestos verdict in the nation involving the use of steam traps.
Mr. Casale, who is living with mesothelioma at age of 66, testified at trial.
The LPK mesothelioma trial attorneys that obtained the verdicts in these cases were Jerome H. Block, Patrick J. Timmins and Holly C. Peterson.
These mesothelioma trial attorneys at LPK (the attorneys for the Rosenberg and Casale families) have won numerous other landmark jury verdicts in the course of more than 25 years of representing New York mesothelioma victims, including: the first ever asbestos verdict against the welding industry; the first ever asbestos verdict against the talc industry; the largest verdict in the nation against a manufacturer of Navy cable; and the largest verdicts in the nation against manufacturers of asbestos gaskets and packing. Mesothelioma trial attorneys at LPK have been recognized on the list of Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.