National Mesothelioma Lawyers for more than 25 years

Helping mesothelioma families for more than 25 years
Pioneers in asbestos law and mesothelioma litigation
Hundreds of millions of dollars recovered for clients
Trials in over 100 asbestos and mesothelioma lawsuits
Some of the largest mesothelioma verdicts in the USA
Individual approach & attention to every case we take
Contingent fee - we get paid when our clients get paid

Mesothelioma Compensation

The size of mesothelioma compensation recovered in an asbestos claim or lawsuit depends on a number of factors, including the medical evidence confirming the claimant's mesothelioma diagnosis, the severity of the injuries, past and future losses, age, the strength of the identification of the asbestos products that the victim was exposed to, the companies that manufactured, sold, installed and/or possessed these products, and their financial resources, including insurance coverage. At the same time, many mesothelioma compensation amounts are very significant and may be enough to pay for the mesothelioma victim's health care expenses and to provide financial security to the surviving family members.

In the course of our law firm's 25-year-plus history, our mesothelioma lawyers have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in asbestos and mesothelioma compensation for our clients.

Often in groundbreaking cases against the toughest defendants, our mesothelioma law firm has obtained landmark asbestos and mesothelioma jury verdicts for exposures to welding rods, cable, asbestos gaskets and packing, commercial talc, and industrial equipment, including the first ever jury verdicts against welding rod, cable, and commercial talk manufacturers.

Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, is frequently referenced by the legal press for our association with the largest and landmark asbestos and mesothelioma compensation verdicts in virtually every category, including various jurisdictions, types of asbestos products involved, and forms of asbestos exposure.

Below we provide a list of some of the largest verdicts and settlements obtained by our mesothelioma lawyers on behalf of our mesothelioma, asbestos lung cancer, and asbestosis clients.

Case:	Consorti, Luchnick, Pulizzi, Tabolt
Amount:	$47.15 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyers Robert Komitor and Moshe Maimon represented four mesothelioma clients in a consolidated trial in New York Federal Court, Southern District.
Note:	The jury verdict was reported in The National Law Journal as the nation’s largest mesothelioma compensation verdict in 1993.

Case:	Susan Buttitta v. Asbestos Corp., et al.
Amount:	$30.3 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Moshe Maimon represented the family of a New Jersey man who died of malignant mesothelioma.
Note:	The verdict was the largest mesothelioma compensation verdict in the history of New Jersey’s asbestos litigation.

Case:	Mayer, Pride
Amount:	$22 Million
About:	In a consolidated trial in New York State Supreme Court, LPK mesothelioma lawyer Jerome H. Block represented an individual suffering from mesothelioma and an individual who died from mesothelioma.
Note:	The verdicts were reported in The National Law Journal as the nation’s largest award of compensatory damages in an asbestos trial in 2004.

Case:	Matteson, Lustenring v. AC & S, Inc., et al.
Amount:	$19.5 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma attorneys Robert Komitor and Jerome Block represented an individual suffering from mesothelioma and an individual who died from mesothelioma in a consolidated trial in New York State Supreme Court.

Case:	New York Brooklyn Navy Yard Consolidated Asbestos Litigation
Amount:	$18.5 Million
About:	In a consolidated trial on behalf of Brooklyn Navy Yard workers, LPK mesothelioma attorneys Steven J. Phillips, Moshe Maimon, Diane Paolicelli, and Robert I. Komitor represented 32 plaintiffs who had developed a variety of asbestos-related diseases including asbestos lung cancer, asbestosis, colon cancer, and mesothelioma. The trial was held in the Federal Court, Eastern District of New York.

Case:	Gantcher, White, Venturno, Dollas, Mangialomini
Amount:	$18.2 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyers represented five individuals, who died from mesothelioma. The cases were tried in New York State Supreme Court.
Note:	The jury verdict was reported in The National Law Journal as the nation’s largest asbestos compensation verdict in 1996.

Case:	Ronsini, Cardinal, Hoz
Amount:	$18.2 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Robert Komitor represented three individuals suffering from mesothelioma. The cases were tried in New York State Supreme Court.
Note:	The jury verdict was reported in The National Law Journal as the nation’s largest asbestos compensation verdict in 1996.

Case:	New York Consolidated Powerhouse Asbestos Litigation
Amount:	$14.3 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma attorneys Steven J. Phillips, Robert I. Komitor, and Moshe Maimon represented five powerhouse workers in a consolidated trial held in the Federal Court, Eastern District of New York. Two of plaintiffs suffered from mesothelioma, one from asbestos lung cancer, and two from asbestosis.
Note:	The verdict was included as part of the largest verdicts of 1991, as reported by The National Law Journal.

Case:	Ciletti, McPadden, Greff
Amount:	$14.25 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Moshe Maimon represented three individuals suffering from mesothelioma. The cases were tried in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Case:	Rhodes
Amount:	$10 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Moshe Maimon represented an individual suffering from mesothelioma. The case was tried in New Jersey Superior Court, Middlesex County.
Note:	The verdict was the largest mesothelioma compensation verdict in the history of asbestos litigation in New Jersey.

Case:	New York Consolidated Powerhouse Litigation
Amount:	$9.39 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Robert I. Komitor represented three powerhouse workers: two suffering from asbestos lung cancer and one suffering from asbestosis and colon cancer. The cases were tried as part of a consolidated trial held in New York State Supreme Court.
Note:	The verdicts were included among the highest asbestos compensation verdicts in 1992, as reported in The National Law Journal.

Case:	Casale, Rosenberg
Amount:	$9 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma attorneys Jerome H. Block, Patrick J. Timmins, and Holly C. Peterson represented two mesothelioma clients in a consolidated trial held in New York State Supreme Court.
Note:	The verdicts were the first mesothelioma compensation verdicts rendered against manufacturers of power cable, valves, and steam traps in New York State.

Case:	Bonnie Anderson v. Exxon Mobil Corporation et al.
Amount:	$7.5 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyers Moshe Maimon and John Guinan represented a woman who developed peritoneal mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure from laundering the asbestos-contaminated clothing of her husband who worked at the Exxon Bayway Refinery in New Jersey.
Note:	This is a landmark decision that will serve to protect the rights of anyone who develops an asbestos-related decease caused by take-home asbestos exposure.

Case:	Higgins, Johnson
Amount:	$7.15 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma attorney Steven J. Phillips represented two shipyard workers exposed to asbestos while working at the Brooklyn Naval shipyard: one plaintiff developed asbestosis and the other one asbestos-related pleural disease. The case was tried in the Federal District Court, Eastern District.

Case:	Tucker, Gomez
Amount:	$6.64 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyers Jerome H. Block and Robert I. Komitor represented an individual who died from mesothelioma and an individual suffering from asbestos lung cancer in a consolidated trial in New York State Supreme Court against manufacturers of asbestos-containing welding rods.
Note:	This was the first ever asbestos compensation jury verdict against the welding industry.

Case:	Brooklyn Navy Yard Consolidated Asbestos Litigation
Amount:	$5.5 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma attorneys Robert I. Komitor and Diane Paolicelli represented three plaintiffs in a consolidated trial on behalf of Brooklyn Navy Yard workers in the New York State Supreme Court. Two plaintiffs suffered from mesothelioma and one from asbestosis.

Case:	Douglas Pokorney v. Foster Wheeler
Amount:	$5 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Jerome H. Block represented a former Navy boilerman, who developed mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure during his service aboard USS Charles H. Roan.
Note:	This was the first-ever mesothelioma lawsuit tried in Syracuse, New York.

Case:	Fagiola v. National Gypsum Company AC & S., Inc.
Amount:	$4.5 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Steven J. Phillips represented the family of an engineer who was exposed to asbestos while installing gyroscopic guidance systems in submarines, and as a result developed mesothelioma.

Case:	Peter Stanley Hirsch v. R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc., et al.
Amount:	$3.35 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma attorneys Moshe Maimon and Carmen Victoria St. George represented the estate of a New Jersey man who died of mesothelioma. The case was tried in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Note:	This was the first asbestos compensation jury verdict in the nation against the talc industry.

Case:	Leonard Shafer vs. Atlas Turner, Inc.
Amount:	$2.25 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Carmen St. George represented a 73-year-old man, who developed mesothelioma as a result of being exposed to asbestos in his workplace as an electrician at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1950s.

ase:	DeStefano
Amount:	$2.02 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Robert I. Komitor represented a client, who suffered from an asbestos-related pleural disease and initial stages of asbestosis. The case was tried in New York State Supreme Court.

Case:	Henderson
Amount:	$1.74 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma attorneys Jerome H. Block and Amber R. Long represented the family of a Louisiana mother and son, who died of mesothelioma.

Case:	DeChiaro, Dinardo
Amount:	$1.72 Million
About:	LPK attorney Alan J. Konigsberg represented two individuals who developed asbestosis while working in a shipyard. The cases were tried in New York State Supreme Court.

Case:	Passentino
Amount:	$1.65 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma attorney Robert I. Komitor represented a 69-year-old Brooklyn Navy Yard worker who developed asbestosis. Jury awarded both punitive and compensatory damages.
Note:	This was the first verdict ever received by an asbestos plaintiff in New York.

Case:	Smykowsky
Amount:	$1.47 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Robert I. Komitor represented a client, who suffered from an asbestos-related pleural disease and asbestosis. The case was tried in New York State Supreme Court.

Case:	Swiercynski
Amount:	$1.47 Million
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Robert I. Komitor represented a client, who suffered from asbestosis. The case was tried in New York State Supreme Court.

Case:	Peaslee
Amount:	$810,000
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Robert I. Komitor represented a client, who suffered from an asbestos-related pleural disease. The case was tried in New York State Supreme Court.

Case:	Scalone
Amount:	$800,000
About:	LPK attorney Diane Paolicelli represented a sixty year old insulator suffering with asbestosis in a case tried in New York Federal District Court Southern District.

Case:	Vincent Falbo vs. AC & S, Inc.
Amount:	$650,000
About:	LPK mesothelioma lawyer Jerome H. Block represented a client, who developed mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos-containing Hi-Heat Dum-Dum thermal insulation cement manufactured by Exxon-Mobil.
Note:	LPK also obtained substantial settlements for the client prior to trial from other companies that shared in the responsibility for his mesothelioma.

Case:	Cruz v. New York State
Amount:	$627,572
About:	LPK attorney Robert I. Komitor obtained a verdict of $627,572 in a trial held in the New York Court of Claims on behalf of a 35-year- old former heroine addict, who suffered a severe head trauma upon colliding into the rear of a State vehicle, which was stopped in the middle lane of a three lane highway to direct traffic for road repair. The Court held that the State was negligent in failing to direct traffic properly and deviating from its own traffic control manual.

ATTENTION: Mesothelioma has no known cure and often causes severe pain, suffering, and other types of damage, such as loss of consortium, and loss of income. Additionally, due to the exceedingly high cost of mesothelioma treatments, many families exhaust savings and accumulate financial debt in order to pay for the medical expenses of their family member.

Under the law of most states, pain and suffering from mesothelioma may be compensated through the award of money damages, usually obtained with the help of experienced mesothelioma lawyers. In some states other types of damages may also be recovered.

Asbestos litigation affords mesothelioma victims the opportunity to receive financial compensation and hold accountable the companies that caused their asbestos exposure.

IMPORTANT: If you or your family member has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you should get in touch with a mesothelioma lawyer as early as possible to determine if you have a mesothelioma case and to:

Preserve your rights to bring a legal action against the responsible parties within the limited time frame allowed by law, known as statute of limitations;
Obtain maximum compensation in your case by being able to:
- Preserve evidence and establish facts of the asbestos exposure while the claimant is still alive and able to provide information;
- File and resolve a lawsuit against the responsible parties before they file for bankruptcy or, if they already have, to obtain compensation before their bankruptcy trust funds run out of money;
Expedite your case, as courts tend to give higher priority to mesothelioma lawsuits where the claimant is still alive.

Find out whether you have a case by speaking to one of our experienced mesothelioma attorneys via our 24/7 toll-free hotline at 1-800-MESOLAW (1-800-637-6529) or by submitting an email inquiry (see form above). Our attorneys will be quick to respond to you and happy to answer all of your questions.

NOTE: While our offices are located in the states of New York, New Jersey, and California, many of our mesothelioma lawyers are licensed to practice law in a number of U.S. states and have the capability and extensive experience of representing mesothelioma clients throughout the United States. You are encouraged to contact us with any questions.

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