Below are summaries of our trials from 2025
David Kindley, Jr. (Deceased: Glenna Kindley) et al v. Pneumo Abex LLC; Johnson & Johnson (LTL Management LLC) et al.
Civil Jury Trial>
Superior Court for the City and County of San Francisco
Judge: Hon. Suzanne R. Bolanos, Judge Presiding
Trial Type: Wrongful death – 47-year old mesothelioma victim – Decades before Plaintiff’s decedent Glenna Kindley was born in 1973, Defendant Abex knew asbestos caused cancer dating back to its medical director Dr Lloyd Hamlin in 1948 and including its later medical director Dr Charles Blackwell in 1964 who testified Abex knew mesothelioma to be a typically fatal form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, a mineral ingredient Abex used in manufacturing brake shoe and linings products it sold throughout the United States. Mrs Kindley’s exposure to asbestos dust occurred as a youngster when she visited her father’s automotive repair shop – she would see her father work with Abex brake linings as a car mechanic and sometimes helped him do the repairs. Mrs Kindley also was exposed to asbestos from the J&J Baby Powder used by her mother when she was a baby and later when she was a teenager throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In 2020 Mrs Kindley was diagnosed with mesothelioma (cancer of the serosal pleural membrane that surrounds the lungs in the chest cavity immediately underneath adjacent ribs) and died of that disease on October 12, 2021.
Case resolved at the start of Motions in Limine prior to jury selection in excess of $10,000,000.00 as to all case defendants.
January 2025
Alleta Bonner (Deceased: Wendell B. Bonner) et al v. Westburne Supply, Inc. for P.E. O’Hare Company, et al.
Civil Jury Trial
Superior Court for the City and County of San Francisco
Judge: Hon. Braden C. Woods, Judge Presiding
Trial Type: Wrongful death - 86-year old retired U.S. Naval Reservist/Seaman serving aboard Henry W. Tucker (DDR-875) and Journeyman Sheetmetal Mechanic throughout Northern California – Wendell B. Bonner Heating & Air Conditioning (Placerville, California) - Mesothelioma caused by decades long occupational exposure to asbestos products.
Case resolved at jury selection in excess of $300,000.00 as to all case defendants.
January 2025
