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In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC is a court case heard in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina which involves the entry into bankruptcy proceedings by Garlock Sealing Technologies, once a manufacturer of coated asbestos gaskets, as a result of potential liability from current and future settlements. [1]
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops from the thin layer of tissue that covers many of the internal organs (known as the mesothelium). [10] The area most commonly affected is the lining of the lungs and chest wall.
Both companies were found negligent and liable for Perry’s illness, with the jury awarding $32.6 million in compensatory damages and $30.7 million in punitive damages. The jury’s decision was based on clear and convincing evidence that the companies’ actions were “willful, wanton or reckless,” disregarding the safety of consumers.
Typically an asbestos plaintiff is exposed to a mixture of products during a thirty-year career in the building trades. It takes between twenty and fifty years from first exposure to the development of asbestos-caused cancer, so work histories, employment, military and social security records are used to help prove the plaintiff's exposure to various asbestos products throughout his or her career.
According to The New York Post, in 2014 "Weitz & Luxenberg won a record $190 million in a consolidated trial for five mesothelioma victims who worked in different jobs for different employers." [5] In 2014, the firm got its clients $8.7 billion in verdicts and settlements. In 2010, that figure was $6.9 billion. [6]
In their complete statement and recommendation to NHRC they have clearly expressed their concern: "White asbestos (chrysotile asbestos) is implicated in so many studies with the following diseases: Mesothelioma (cancer of pleura), Lung Cancer, Peritoneal Cancer, Asbestosis, and is also considered as a cause for Ovarian Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer ...
The remaining 35% include pharmaceutical companies, labor unions, plaintiff and defendant attorneys, [2] and companies that have manufactured asbestos products. [3] To date, the foundation has funded over $11.5 million [4] in clinical research and is the host of the annual International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma.
The Charles Robertson Grant was one of five property transactions made at Sycamore Shoals in the present day city of Elizabethton, Tennessee.Collectively known as the Watauga Treaties the transactions resulted in the Great Grant Deed, the Path Grant Deed, two Jacob Brown Grant Deeds and the Charles Robertson Grant Deeds.