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Former drywaller receives an 8.4 million dollar award in a mesothelioma trial

On the 15th if June 2009, after deliberating one day, a jury in San Francisco decided in favor of a former drywaller in his lawsuit against Hamilton Materials, distributor and manufacturer of asbestos containing compounds. After deciding that the defendant was liable, the jury assessed a total of 8,4 million in economical and non-economical damages. The jury stated that products from Hamilton Materials caused mesothelioma cancer to Jack Reynolds.

Story of the plaintiff

Jack Reynolds served in the United States, on board a destroyer and an aircraft carrier. On these ships he worked mainly as a painter and laundry man. After an honorable discharge, Mr. Reynolds started working for a fellow navy retired as a drywaller. He did this for almost 10 years, when he turned to the travel industry. He was diagnosed with diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2008, and as a result, has gone through several treatment cycles.

Mesothelioma is a deadly cancer, that stays latent for several decades, which was also the case with Mr. Reynolds.

The defendant

Hamilton Materials was an asbestos California based manufacturer in the same period as Mr. Reynolds was working as a drywaller. The product that was in question was a special compound designed to fill the gaps between two sheets of drywall. Because this material is sanded after it has dried, it releases large amounts of asbestos fibers, the cause of the plaintiffs’ disease. This behavior was provided as evidence by the plaintiff, and as a result, 20% of the liability was assigned to Hamilton Materials.

Statements of the plaintiffs’ after the mesothelioma trial ended showed relief and joy, as the plaintiff received the rightful amount for the disease he is suffering from at the moment. The trial lasted almost a month, from start to finish, and was presided over by the Honorable Mary E. Wiss.