A jury awarded more than $39 million to a Utah couple in a novel mesothelioma case involving the use of contaminated talc in a surgical procedure. The plaintiffs were represented by The Lanier Law Firm of Houston, in collaboration with New York-based Meirowitz & Wasserberg and a Boston-based attorney, in a trial that spanned three weeks at Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts.
In a statement, plaintiffs’ lead attorney Mark Linder emphasized that this case marks the first mesothelioma lawsuit proceeding from this specific type of exposure. Additional details of the proceedings and legal arguments can be found here.