If you or someone you love has mesothelioma, you are probably exhausted. That’s completely understandable. Between making the rounds to doctor’s appointments, the side effects of medicine and the toll illness can take on your physical and mental energy, you may feel that it’s all you can do just to get up and get through another day. Mesothelioma law – the legal framework that allows you to file a lawsuit against the corporations that caused your disease – may be the last thing on your mind.

The good news is that filing a mesothelioma lawsuit doesn’t have to take a lot of your precious time and energy. A good mesothelioma lawyer will do the bulk of the work to investigate your claim and build your case. And turning to mesothelioma law to seek restitution for your injuries can have benefits that make your effort very worthwhile.

3 Ways Mesothelioma Law Can Help You

1. Mesothelioma Law Holds Guilty Corporations Accountable

Johns Manville, W.R. Grace, Kaiser, Owens Corning, United States Gypsum, Babcock & Wilcox, Raytech: all these companies have something in common. They have acknowledged that their products and/or work environment exposed people to asbestos, leading to mesothelioma and other asbestos diseases. These companies have been sued by so many people that they set up asbestos trust funds to pay current and future mesothelioma victims. Around 70 corporations have set up these funds. This is an example of mesothelioma law in action.

In 1929, when the first worker filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Johns Manville Corporation because the asbestos in the company’s workplace had made him sick, the corporation tried to shrug it off. When a few more workers came forward and filed lawsuits, Johns-Manville fought hard in court. By the early 1970s, when thousands more workers had become sick with mesothelioma and other lung diseases caused by asbestos exposure and sued Johns Manville, it could no longer ignore its responsibility. The corporation was one of the first to file for bankruptcy due to asbestos litigation. The Court mandated that the bankruptcy set aside assets for future mesothelioma victims.

The courage of the first workers who fought David and Goliath battles against huge corporations paved the way for you to make your claim. Plus, the weight of many lawsuits over several decades did the important work of bringing the dangers of asbestos exposure to light.

Because of mesothelioma law, asbestos is banned in more than 50 countries and has been removed from most products. Because of mesothelioma law, standards have been set to protect workers and the environment during asbestos removal. Because of mesothelioma law, corporations know they can no longer ignore the toxic health effects of asbestos in order to turn a quick profit.

Whether you are the first person to sue a manufacturer or your former employer or you join a list of thousands, your mesothelioma lawsuit is important. It is your chance to raise your voice and speak out against the negligence and injustice that caused your illness. Mesothelioma law gives you the chance to protect future generations, by once again sounding the alarm about the dangers of asbestos exposure.

2. Mesothelioma Law Can Provide Compensation

The most obvious benefit of a lawsuit is monetary recovery. Mesothelioma law gives you the opportunity to demand payment for your pain and suffering and to support your family in a terribly challenging time.

Your health insurance may cover your medical bills, but it won’t pay for your lost wages or for the time off that family members take off work to assist with your care. A financial cushion can help the people you love make it through this difficult time. Mesothelioma law gives you a way to ensure that your family can live comfortably in the future, even after you are gone.

Kazan Law has won verdicts of as much as  $32 million for someone with mesothelioma, often a surviving spouse and family can get more! You owe it to your family to talk to an experienced mesothelioma lawyer about whether it makes sense for you to file a mesothelioma lawsuit.

The large verdicts in mesothelioma cases are also a deterrent to corporations that may be tempted to ignore negative health impacts from their products. The cost of mesothelioma verdicts is a strong incentive to stop using asbestos. Mesothelioma law allows you to hold corporate criminals accountable for their actions and prevent future harm.

3. Mesothelioma Law Can Help You Give to Others

As mentioned above, mesothelioma verdicts and settlements often involve large sums of money. Once your family’s needs are met, there may be money left over. Mesothelioma law can help you touch the lives of others in one more way: through charitable giving.

Whether your family wants to start its own foundation or you want to make a gift in honor of a loved one to an established mesothelioma charity, a mesothelioma lawsuit can give you the means to contribute and make a difference in the lives of others.

Nonprofits like the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization work hard to warn those at risk for developing mesothelioma and to educate the public about the damage that asbestos exposure can cause to human health.

Nonprofit teaching hospitals are conducting research to pioneer groundbreaking treatments for mesothelioma. Stanford Medicine Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery specializes in mesothelioma care and this prestigious medical school conducts clinical trials that can lead to innovations in mesothelioma healthcare. The Thoracic Oncology Program at the University of California San Francisco Medical School – possibly the best medical school in the United States – has pushed the envelope on surgical and other treatments that offer promise for mesothelioma patients. The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center also conducts clinical trials and research to advance mesothelioma treatments. In time, the researchers and doctors at these medical schools and others like them have the potential to find treatments that prolong the lives of mesothelioma patients and could even lead to a cure.

These and other charities support current and future victims of asbestos exposure. Thanks to mesothelioma law, you could have the opportunity to pay it forward and contribute to the search for a cure for mesothelioma.

If you’re still not sure whether mesothelioma law will benefit you, there is one simple thing you can do: contact Kazan Law. There is no charge for your consultation with a Kazan Law attorney and you can find out what it would take to file a mesothelioma lawsuit and recover compensation for your illness. It could be the most momentous financial step you will take in your life.

Mesothelioma attorneys are not all the same. Some mesothelioma attorneys are very experienced and knowledgeable. Others sadly are unscrupulous and out to profit from someone else’s tragic circumstances. They will settle a case quickly just to get their fee. Still other mesothelioma attorneys may be well-intended but inexperienced and inept. Asbestos litigation is a very intricate and detailed legal niche.

What if you could have the mesothelioma attorneys who pioneered asbestos litigation handle your case?  It would be like having Bill Gates install your computer’s software or Mark Zuckerberg create your Facebook page. While those two are unlikely to be available, it is really possible for you to have the mesothelioma attorneys who helped invent mesothelioma law, from the beginning, handle your case. You can be represented by Kazan Law.

Mesothelioma Attorneys with The Most Asbestos Case Experience

The founding partner of Kazan Law pioneered asbestos litigation over 40 years ago.  Today Steven Kazan is acknowledged as a leading global expert on asbestos law whose knowledge and skill continue to define this area of litigation.

Since the firm was founded by Steven Kazan in 1974, Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood, A Professional Law Corporation, has represented hundreds of people suffering from mesothelioma. They have won landmark victories and settlements totaling hundreds of millions of dollars for their clients. They have also achieved precedent-setting verdicts that have changed the way asbestos law cases are determined.

Today Kazan Law has grown to include 22 full-time mesothelioma attorneys.  But Steven Kazan, and his  partners at Kazan Law, still personally oversee every asbestos case the firm takes on. They remain as dedicated to obtaining justice for innocent working people whose lives have been jeopardized by callous profit-seeking companies as they were when they took on some of the first asbestos cases. Asbestos litigation at its best is about standing up for the rights of the little guy against big powerful corporate interests. And that is the kind of asbestos litigation expertly practiced by the mesothelioma attorneys at Kazan Law. They understand instinctively what to do because after all they were the ones who helped create asbestos litigation.

How Mesothelioma Attorneys Pioneered Asbestos Litigation

Over 40 years ago, many of the workers at the Johns-Manville plant in Lompoc, California were sick and dying.  Workers were upset about losing people they had worked with for many years. The labor union representative collected death certificates of all those who had died in the last five years and wrote a letter to someone he thought could help them.  That someone was Steven Kazan.

That was in 1974. Telephones were attached to walls, a computer took up an entire room and companies that produced asbestos-containing products were getting away with murder. Employees exposed to asbestos at work were dying from asbestosis and mesothelioma without their employers being held accountable.

In Oakland, California, at that time, Steven Kazan, a recent Harvard Law School graduate, had just started his law practice. He was already known for litigating complex medical and scientific issues, and had worked with an attorney who was trying to get workers compensation benefits for some of the men from the Pittsburg, California Johns Manville asbestos products plant.

Then, in 1974, Mr. Kazan was asked to take on litigating the civil lawsuits for those workers.  He won a precedent-setting suit for Reba Rudkin, who had developed asbestosis after 29 years of working at the Johns-Manville plant in Pittsburg, California. After winning this landmark case, he represented over 100 asbestos-affected workers from the same company.

In 1982, he won a $150,000 verdict for Bob Speake, one of the Johns-Manville workers, in a test case trial ordered by the Superior Court in Contra Costa County, CA.  This case is regarded as a “threshold verdict” because it created the opportunity for punitive damage verdicts against Johns-Manville. Months later, just as Steven Kazan was getting ready to go to settlement conferences on a large group of those cases, Johns –Manville filed for bankruptcy court protection. Steven had 393 cases pending against the company which he resolved with the trust fund set up as a result  of that bankruptcy.

Today Kazan Law is still headquartered in Oakland California. The firm’s mesothelioma attorneys continue to excel at pursuing justice for mesothelioma victims and others exposed to asbestos.  Kazan Law daily puts its 40 plus years of experience in pioneering asbestos lawsuits and setting precedents to work for its clients.

Kazan Law has remained at the forefront of asbestos litigation in California and nationally.  Kazan Law is proud of its history as pioneers in asbestos litigation. But as mesothelioma attorneys who are among the most experienced mesothelioma lawyers in the United States, we do not dwell in the past – we continue to win major settlements for our clients.

Mesothelioma Attorneys at Kazan Law Have the Expertise to Win Major Verdicts

Today well into the 21^st century, Kazan Law’s dedication to legal excellence and justice for asbestos victims continues to result in major verdicts.  These verdicts gain Kazan Law recognition in the legal profession among their peers in the United States and throughout the world. A brief list of some of the verdicts won by Kazan Law:

• $48 Million Verdict: Won by a former construction worker vs. the Union Carbide Corporation —this 2012 verdict was nationally recognized as the highest mesothelioma verdict on record for the year.
• $27 Million Verdict: Against Owens-Illinois in a lawsuit filed by the former wife of a pipe insulator.
• $11 Million Verdict: Won against Pneumo Abex  , Inc. in a wrongful death suit filed by the family of an automobile parts worker. This came after a separate $13 million award in the family’s personal injury suit.

As many activists and professionals throughout the world continue to fight for a global ban of asbestos, victims of asbestos exposure continue to contract mesothelioma and other asbestos diseases. For these people a chance to hold accountable those companies that exposed them to asbestos, pay for mounting medical bills, and provide for their families futures in the wake of their certain passing is motivation enough to seek the best and brightest asbestos litigators in the country. See what asbestos pioneers Kazan Law can do to help you and your family.

The mesothelioma attorney you choose should be someone whose reputation and experience inspires you with confidence and the people you sue with fear. But it should also be someone with whom you feel comfortable and with whom you will be able to easily talk about your situation. At Kazan Law, we have over 40 years of experience helping mesothelioma patients and their families.

Our firm helped pioneer asbestos law as it exists today. But we never forget that behind the laws and legal briefs are innocent people who are suffering because of wrongs done to them. We believe that every case is unique and all mesothelioma patients and their families deserve to be listened to and helped in any way possible. Work With a

Mesothelioma Attorney Who Listens to You

When mesothelioma symptoms have emerged and a mesothelioma diagnosis is received, that usually means that the illness is advanced and time is of the essence.  Timing is especially critical when it comes to presenting a legal case, because even the best-handled legal case can take time.  In addition to legal expertise in mesothelioma and asbestos, a good mesothelioma attorney knows a great deal about the disease itself.

At Kazan Law, we understand the challenges that you and your family face following diagnosis with an asbestos-related illness.  We also are sensitive to your need to focus on your treatment, and, protect your time with loved ones. At the same time, we also know that it is important for all involved to file your claim and gather evidence as soon as possible.  We take care of as much as possible to move your case forward while helping you to optimize your time so you can take care of yourself and be with your family instead of in a law office.

• We come to you. You do not need to travel to us.
• We do all the research. You focus on taking care of yourself and your family.
• We arrange medical liens so you get all the care you need now.
• We review all your medical bills to make sure you are not overcharged.

A Mesothelioma Attorney with Experience Makes a Difference

Asbestos law is an  intensive practice area focusing exclusively on asbestos-related disease, typically caused by occupational exposure or military service. The laws and rules regarding winning a lawsuit are complicated. Only an expert mesothelioma attorney has the experience and knowledge necessary to handle your case and secure the justice and compensation you deserve. You and your family are entitled to nothing less than the best.

At Kazan Law, we not only know asbestos law, we helped invent it. When founding partner Steven Kazan started his practice in 1974, there was no such thing as asbestos law.  There was no such thing as a mesothelioma attorney. Workers who died of mesothelioma were considered unlucky and their employers were not held responsible. As Steven Kazan began helping with workers compensation cases, he took on some of the first civil lawsuits ever filed against companies for intentionally causing fatal asbestos exposure to their workers. And he won.

Steven Kazan’s victory for the workers from the Johns-Manville plant in Pittsburg, CA is regarded as a “threshold verdict”. It created the opportunity for punitive damage verdicts against Johns-Manville and many other companies throughout the United States and the world. Kazan eventually had 393 cases pending against Johns-Manville. Although Johns-Manville lawyers could not pretend the company was innocent, they found a way to pay less to victims. They filed for bankruptcy, one of the first companies to do so as a result of asbestos litigation, and created a trust fund from which each victim would be paid a reduced amount.

A Mesothelioma Attorney Whose Advice is Sought by the US Government

As a pioneering mesothelioma attorney, Steven’s advice and experience have made him sought after by federal courts and government agencies trying to regulate corporate trust funds for asbestos victims. He is always willing to dedicate his time and wisdom to try to make sure that the interests of asbestos victims are represented in these bankruptcy reorganizations.

Steven has been appointed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to serve as a member or as counsel to victim members for all major asbestos bankruptcy reorganizations, including W.R. Grace, Kaiser Aluminum, Owens Corning, Fibreboard, U.S. Gypsum, General Motors, and many others.

Whenever a bankruptcy reorganization is approved, Steven is the key mesothelioma attorney in the U.S. nearly always approved by the Federal Court to serve as a member of The Trustees’ Advisory Committee on behalf of asbestos victims.

Mesothelioma Attorneys Who Win Top Settlements

As a mesothelioma attorney of historical prominence with over four decades of experience in mesothelioma law, Steven Kazan today heads a firm of 22 fulltime mesothelioma attorneys. Steven Kazan continues to be rated as one of the U.S.’s Super Lawyers along with six of his partners and associates; and the firm receives top accolades for the victories they win for mesothelioma victims.

In 2014, Kazan Law received first place for highest wrongful death verdict amount in California. This recognition was given by the California legal profession’s top publication The Recorder in its annual review of top verdicts. The $11,800,000 wrongful death verdict followed a $9 million verdict Kazan Law won the family for punitive damages for a total of $20,800,000.

Choose A Mesothelioma Attorney Who Strives to Make the World a Better Place

Any good mesothelioma attorney should also contribute to helping to find a cure for mesothelioma. We have seen close up thousands of times the toll mesothelioma takes on individuals and families.  Kazan Law has its own foundation set up for that purpose. Over the last 20 years we have given over $20 million in grants to a wide array of community and civic organizations, including $6 million for mesothelioma research. This is one way we are giving back to the community of mesothelioma patients and families whose rights we fight for as asbestos litigation attorneys.

We also believe in giving back to the community our law practice calls home as well as communities all across the US by supporting programs that help provide relief to the poor, distressed or under-privileged everywhere.

Another way we try to help is by having a top mesothelioma attorney on our staff work full-time on better laws to protect workers.  Frances Schreiberg, who has many decades of experience, works with unions for free to get CalOsha and the California legislature to try to eliminate the workplace hazards that lead to mesothelioma and other causes of injury and death.

Filing a mesothelioma lawsuit should be a priority for you and your family if you are reading this.  When you receive a mesothelioma diagnosis, it is because you worked with asbestos or because you lived with someone who worked with asbestos. That means you’ve got a good chance of winning a large amount of money in damages in a mesothelioma lawsuit.  Timing is critical. Mesothelioma is a fast-moving disease. Court systems can move slowly. You will need an experienced asbestos lawyer to help you get compensation from the companies that manufactured or installed the asbestos materials you were exposed to.

Best Mesothelioma Lawsuit Timing Improves Chances of Winning

Filing a mesothelioma lawsuit should be done as soon as a mesothelioma diagnosis can be verified.  A mesothelioma diagnosis, verifying the fact that you or a loved one has mesothelioma, is the key piece of evidence of harm from asbestos exposure.  Without it, you might risk wasting your time and possibly your money for unnecessary court fees. Knowing that you have been exposed to asbestos is upsetting but it is not sufficient grounds to file an asbestos lawsuit. A lawyer who tells you otherwise is not telling you the truth.

If you have been exposed to asbestos, but have not been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, we recommend that you:

• Monitor your health carefully
• Tell your doctor that you have been exposed to asbestos
• Seek medical attention promptly if you feel unwell
• Be aware that mesothelioma symptoms can seem like flu symptoms
• Find out more about asbestos-related diseases and their symptoms

A Mesothelioma Lawsuit Requires a Medical Diagnosis

To help you win a mesothelioma lawsuit as quickly as possible, even the best attorney needs solid evidence on your behalf.  A lawsuit cannot be filed without vital information that only you can provide.  Getting this information pulled together ahead of time will help a good mesothelioma lawyer know you have a solid case and enable them to move swiftly on your behalf.

Because mesothelioma symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath and coughing can be similar to symptoms of other illnesses such as a flu or bronchitis, it is important to be persistent in seeking a diagnosis. If your doctor is dismissive of you, seek another opinion as soon as possible.  A firm mesothelioma diagnosis that will stand up in court will require lab test results. You need to see a physician who knows what lab tests are needed and will order them for you.

You need to provide several pieces of information to verify that you are suffering from mesothelioma. Be prepared to provide the:

• Date and place of your diagnosis
• Name and number of physician who diagnosed you Pathology report, chest X-ray reports, CT-chest reports which your physician can give you

This is the cornerstone you need to start a mesothelioma lawsuit. And if you can’t have these reports a good mesothelioma lawyer can get them with your permission, but that takes extra time. The information below is also necessary but it is information your mesothelioma lawyer can help acquire after you have filed a mesothelioma lawsuit.

Mesothelioma Lawsuit Needs Employment History to Move Forward

If you have received a diagnosis of mesothelioma, it is time to call a lawyer. Mesothelioma is not genetic.  It is not caused by risky behavior like smoking.  You receive a mesothelioma diagnosis because someone else chose to put you and your family at risk by exposing you to asbestos.

In your mesothelioma lawsuit, you need to prove that you developed mesothelioma because you or someone in your family was exposed to asbestos at work or in the military.  Below is work history information that will be needed. If you cannot provide this information, don’t worry.  Part of what a good mesothelioma attorney can do is all of the investigative work needed to find out this information. It is called the “discovery” part of a lawsuit. However it will help your mesothelioma lawsuit proceed more quickly if you can provide:

• The name of the company or companies you worked for. If any company has been sold to another company, try to find out that name, too.
• The dates you worked for each company – when you started and when you stopped. Try to find and make copies of tax returns or W2 forms that support those dates.
• The names of products and materials you handled as part of your job.
• Your job title and specific job duties and job site locations.

If you do not remember the names of the products or have your old tax returns, your mesothelioma lawyer can put together this information for you.  But even the best mesothelioma lawyers like the best detectives, need clues to work with, so gather up these documents if you can:

• Marriage, death, birth certificates
• Health insurance cards, Medicare cards
• Social Security records (detailed earnings with employer names)
• Job resumes or job summary/timeline
• Military: DD214, other documents

Statute of Limitations and Mesothelioma Lawsuit Timing

A statute of limitations sets legal deadlines for filing a lawsuit. Most lawsuits need to be filed within a certain amount of time. Once the period allowed for a statute of limitations passes, your time is up and you no longer have a valid legal claim.

In California time is critical so get the best mesothelioma lawyer you can find, as quickly as you can; you normally have one year to file a mesothelioma lawsuit from the date of your diagnosis. However, unlike in other states you do not need to know at the time you file your mesothelioma lawsuit who is responsible.  This can help you move forward with a mesothelioma lawsuits before the statute of limitations time period ends.

Mesothelioma lawyers want to obtain compensation for you and your family for the wrongs done to you that caused your mesothelioma.  If you are suffering from mesothelioma it is because you were exposed to lethal asbestos dust without your permission.  In nearly all cases, the asbestos exposure occurred on the job – either at work or in the military.

Even though mesothelioma emerges decades after the exposure, which it typically does, skilled mesothelioma lawyers know how to investigate and discover what products and product manufacturers, distributors and other companies may be to blame.

Mesothelioma lawyers will then file a lawsuit on your behalf.  The lawsuit will result in either a verdict or a settlement.

How Mesothelioma Lawyers View Verdicts vs. Settlements

You may have heard of “settlements” or “verdicts” in lawsuits where one party has suffered great harm and injury because of another party. But what is the difference between the two, and how do mesothelioma lawyers decide which outcome will be in your best interests?

A settlement is an out-of-court agreement. It means that two parties in a lawsuit have reached an agreement without completing all the legal proceedings of a full trial. In some cases when all the parties settle, that means no trial.

Mesothelioma lawyers seek to file a lawsuit on behalf of a client with mesothelioma against the persons and/or businesses that caused their mesothelioma due to negligence or deliberate wrongdoing. The plaintiff is the person suffering from mesothelioma and the defendants are the parties accused of causing this harm to the plaintiff. If the plaintiff’s mesothelioma lawyer files a lawsuit against defendants but the lawyers for both sides are able to reach a negotiated compensation agreement before or during civil court proceedings, this is considered a settlement.  It generally involves an agreed upon sum of money to be paid to the plaintiff.

Either the plaintiff or the defendant may make the offer of a certain amount to be paid to the plaintiff to settle the case. The other side can choose to accept, counter or reject the offer.

Mesothelioma Lawyers and Trial Verdicts

A verdict or judgment is the final decision reached by a judge and/or jury in court proceedings. If your mesothelioma lawyers take your mesothelioma lawsuit to trial, both sides of the case will be heard. Then evidence will be evaluated in order to determine whether your opponents are guilty or not guilty. Unlike criminal court, where guilt must be proven “beyond a reasonable doubt,” the proof needed in a mesothelioma lawsuit is a “preponderance of evidence” in your favor. Preponderance is defined as most of the evidence.

If the defendant is found guilty, the jury may have the task of determining what amount of financial compensation the defendant will pay to the plaintiff. Mesothelioma lawyers will typically show evidence of the amount of compensation that should be awarded by reviewing current and future medical expenses, lost earnings and also the emotional impact that mesothelioma has had. Verdicts reached in civil court typically result in higher payouts to plaintiffs than settlements, but this can vary depending on specific factors in the case.

Why Mesothelioma Cases Settle

Mesothelioma lawyers sometimes advise their plaintiffs to settle mesothelioma cases out of court. This could be in your best interests so you can avoid a long courtroom battle. Whether your particular case goes to court and results in a verdict will depend on the circumstances, such as the defendants  willingness to pay fair settlements and your determination to seek maximum compensation even if it means going to trial. Your mesothelioma lawyers should discuss your options ahead of time to determine whether settling out of court or going to trial will be best for you , and regularly revisit this subject as the trial continues.

Mesothelioma Lawyers Who Win Multimillion Dollar Verdicts

When mesothelioma lawyers are among the best at what they do, they often win large multi-million dollar verdicts for their clients.  These clients are people who were wrongfully exposed to asbestos and are facing the tragic consequences.

Kazan Law in Oakland, California is a firm of mesothelioma lawyers who are rated as one of the premier mesothelioma law firms in the U.S.  Kazan Law won some of the first major victories for victims of asbestos exposure in the U.S. since it started over forty years ago.  Kazan Law helped establish asbestos litigation as a legal specialty and went on to win some of the biggest monetary verdicts for their clients.

Today well into the 21^st century, Kazan Law’s dedication to legal excellence and justice for asbestos victims continues to result in major verdicts.  These verdicts gain Kazan Law recognition in the legal profession among their peers in the United States and throughout the world.

• $32,800,000 – In 2016, Kazan Law won a California jury verdict for their client, a foundry worker for American Optical Corporation in Los Angeles, California, of $22.8 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages for marketing a faulty respirator. Our client used a faulty American Optical respirator for 17 years expecting that it would protect him from breathing asbestos dust.
• $6,951,000 – In 2015, a California jury returned a verdict, after a six-week trial, in favor of Kazan Law’s client a boilermaker by trade. The jury found Union Pacific Railroad Company responsible for the suffering and wrongful death of our client who worked as a boilermaker at the Southern Pacific Railroad from 1971 to 1995. The award consisted of $6,500,000 in pain and suffering damages in the mesothelioma lawsuit. The court had already determined that Mr. Emerson’s economic damages totaled $451,265 bringing the total of the verdict to $6,951,000.
• $29,270,000 – In 2014, Kazan Law received first place ranking for highest wrongful death verdict amount in California. The recognition was bestowed by the legal profession’s leading publication The Recorder in its review of top verdicts. The $11,800,000 wrongful death verdict followed a two-phase trial verdict Kazan Law won on behalf of the family in previous years. In December 2010, the jury awarded $3,900,000 million in compensatory damages. In January 2011, Kazan Law obtained $13,500,000 in punitive damages. The verdict total amounted to $29,270,000.
• $27,342,500 – In another recent case, the $27, 342,500 verdict won by Kazan Law for a client made the National Law Journal’s exclusive list of Top 100 Verdicts for 2013. The verdict covered damages for pain and suffering, loss of companionship and economic damages.