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______ The jury decided plaintiff is entitled to participate in the Workers' Compensation Fund. - Workers' Compensation Workers' Compensation - Work-related Injury
Facts: Plaintiff was employed by Defendant Goodyear Tire for approximately three years. While employed at Goodyear, plaintiff worked with the solvent benzene. The plant closed in 1977. Plaintiff found subsequent employment as a truck driver. In 1985 plaintiff was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. Following treatment, plaintiff went into remission. Plaintiff filed for workers'...
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______ VERDICT Exposure to high concentration of the chemical Benzene in the workplace - temporary breathing and equilibrium problems and severe migraine headaches continuing intermittently -inability to continue work.
The 34-year-old plaintiff carpenter/foreman brought suit against the defendant premises owner for injuries suffered due to exposure to high concentrations of the chemical benzene and related aromatic hydrocarbons. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant was negligent in failing to provide the plaintiff with a safe place to work by permitting exposure to unsafe levels of ...
- from The National Jury Verdict Review and Analysis (9304) Login for Benzene Verdict
______ VERDICT ON PROXIMATE CAUSE - TOXIC TORT - NEGLIGENT FAILURE TO DETECT GASOLINE LEAK FLOWING INTO AQUIFER - CONTAMINATION OF WELL WATER ON PROPERTIES OF NUMEROUS PLAINTIFFS.
This was an action involving 65 plaintiffs, who were members of 20 families, who contended that their respective wells were contaminated by gasoline leaks at the gas station owned by the non-settling defendants. The plaintiffs made claims for emotional distress, costs of medical surveillance and a diminution in the quality of life during the nine month period in which they were ...
- from The New Jersey Jury Verdict Review and Analysis (31645) Login for Benzene Verdict
______ JUDGMENT - FRAUD, DECEIT AND MISREPRESENTATION - NEGLIGENCE - PLAINTIFF PURCHASERS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CLAIMS DEFENDANT SELLER HAD KNOWLEDGE OF GASOLINE CONTAMINATION TO WATER SUPPLY.
This action was brought by the plaintiff purchasers of residential property located on Airport Road near Allentown. The property was purchased in December 1979. The plaintiffs contended that after moving onto the property, which also includes two rental units, they found the water to taste of gasoline. The plaintiffs asserted that they contacted the defendant and complained con...
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______ VERDICT INCLUDING $3,500,000 PUNITIVE AWARD - CASE BROUGHT UNDER CEPA - OIL COMPANY TOXICOLOGIST ALLEGEDLY TERMINATED IN RETALIATION FOR ADVISEMENTS THAT JAPANESE REFINING FACILITIES REQUIRED EXPENSIVE UPGRADES TO REDUCE BENZENE LEVELS.
This was a wrongful termination action in which the plaintiff, a Ph.D. who was the Chief Toxicologist for the defendant oil company, whose duties included monitoring any toxicological impact of the manufacturing process of gasoline, contended that he was terminated in retaliation for his advising managers at the Japanese subsidiary corporate offices that changes in the manufact...
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______ VERDICT INCLUDING $3,500,000 PUNITIVE AWARD - CASE BROUGHT UNDER CEPA - OIL COMPANY TOXICOLOGIST ALLEGEDLY TERMINATED IN RETALIATION FOR ADVISEMENTS THAT JAPANESE REFINING FACILITIES REQUIRED EXPENSIVE UPGRADES TO REDUCE BENZENE LEVELS.
This was a wrongful termination action in which the plaintiff, a Ph.D. who was the Chief Toxicologist for the defendant oil company, whose duties included monitoring any toxicological impact of the manufacturing process of gasoline, contended that he was terminated in retaliation for his advising managers at the Japanese subsidiary corporate offices that changes in the manufact...
- from The National Jury Verdict Review and Analysis (28012) Login for Benzene Verdict
______ RECOVERY - PERSONAL INJURIES AND PROPERTYDAMAGE TO APPROXIMATELY 670 PLAINTIFFS FROM EXPOSURE TO TOXINS - NEGLIGENT DUMPING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF HIPPS ROAD LANDFILL IN DUVAL COUNTY.
This action was brought by some 670 individual plaintiffs of all ages who alleged personal injuries and property damage arising from exposure to air, surface and groundwater contamination emanating from the Hipps Road Landfill in Duval County. The defendants included the successor company of the waste company which initially dumped at the site as well as a number of subsidiary ...
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______ RECOVERY - PERSONAL INJURIES AND PROPERTYDAMAGE TO APPROXIMATELY 670 PLAINTIFFS FROM EXPOSURE TO TOXINS - NEGLIGENT DUMPING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF HIPPS ROAD LANDFILL IN DUVAL COUNTY.
This action was brought by some 670 individual plaintiffs of all ages who alleged personal injuries and property damage arising from exposure to air, surface and groundwater contamination emanating from the Hipps Road Landfill in Duval County. The defendants included the successor company of the waste company which initially dumped at the site as well as a number of subsidiary com...
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