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Asbestos cases are often complex, requiring a unique skill set and knowledge about the possible causes of asbestos exposure and theories of liability. Our lawyers can help individuals with mesothelioma recover compensation they need to pay their medical expenses, replace their lost income and provide financial stability after receiving a diagnosis. Contact us today to schedule a free consultation.
Veterans with Mesothelioma in Oakland California
The Oakland Army base was established in 1941. It moved millions of tons of cargo during World War I. It was later decommissioned in 1999. The Naval Air Station Oakland was a former military airport. In 1943, the U.S. Armed Forces changed it into an airlift base for military flights to the Pacific Islands. It was later reopened as Oakland International Airport.
From the early 1900s to the 1970s, asbestos was commonly used in military branches due to its resistance to heat and durability. Many veterans were exposed to dangerous levels of asbestos and developed mesothelioma.
Oakland California Asbestos Exposure Site List
Due to Oakland’s strong economy and thousands of job sites, there are many locations where workers could have been exposed to dangerous levels of asbestos. Some of the more prominent job sites in Oakland, California linked to possible asbestos exposure include the following:
- AAA – Boiler & Machinery
- Abex-Amsco Division
- Acme Central Metal Products
- Amaco Division
- American Brass & Iron
- American Can Company
- Armstrong Contracting & Supply Corporation
- Ashland Chemical Company
- Bay Area Rapid Transit Power
- Bay Cities Asbestos Company
- California Electric and Generating Company
- Cargill Company
- Carnation Milk Company
- Central Oakland Light and Power Company
- Chevrolet Motor Company of California
- Chevron Asphalt Company
- Clement Street Powerhouse
- Continental Can Company
- Crane Supply Company
- Crowley Maritime Corporation
- Cryers Shipyard
- Del Monte Corp
- Dow Chemical
- El Dorado Oil Works
- Garner Heat Treat Inc.
- General Dynamics Corporation
- General Electric
- Gerber Foods
- Glidden Paint
- John C. Evans Plumbing Company
- Judson Manufacturing Company
- Kaiser Building
- Kaiser Shipyard
- Mansfield Tire & Rubber
- Mobile Oil
- Moore Dry Dock
- Nabisco
- Naval Air Station
- Oakland Army Base
- Oakland International Airport
- Owens Corning
- Owens Illinois Glass Company
- Pacific Drydock & Repair Company
- Pacific Electric Motor Company
- Pacific Gas & Electric Power Plant
- Pacific Pipe Company
- Pacific Rubber and Tire Manufacturing Company
- Pacific Telegraph & Telephone
- Southern Pacific Company
- Todd Shipyard
- Union Carbide Corp
- Virginia Chemical
Alameda County California Mesothelioma & Asbestos Lawsuits
Oakland and Alameda County are hot spots for asbestos litigation in California. Alameda County juries have awarded multi-million dollar verdicts in asbestos litigation. The following are noteworthy cases published in the news and handled by unaffiliated law firms:
- In 2014, a sizeable verdict was levied against John Crane, Inc., a common defendant in asbestos litigation. The Alameda County jury assigned to the case found the defendant liable in causing the man’s pleural mesothelioma due to his use of the asbestos-containing products during his time as a U.S. Navy machinist.
- An Oakland, California jury ruled against Owens-Illinois after it found the company failed to adequately warn consumers and fraudulently concealed information about its products that contained asbestos. The former wife of the insulator who died from mesothelioma walked away with a large verdict.
- The family of a deceased paint maker was awarded an enormous verdict by an Oakland jury after the jury found that several companies were strictly liable and negligent for the wrongful death of the paint maker. Punitive damages were awarded in the case.
- An asbestos-cement pipe manufacturer was ordered to pay millions after a former pipe manufacturing plant worker developed mesothelioma.
- In 2002, an Alameda County Superior Court jury found Hill Brothers Chemical Company responsible for a woman developing mesothelioma at age 42. The woman was exposed to asbestos in her family home from products manufactured by the defendant until she became an adult, including cementitious magnesite floor that contained asbestos in it.
- In 2013, a former railroad boilermaker’s family received a significant verdict from an Alameda County jury after the death of their loved one. The worker was exposed to asbestos while working in railroad repair shops during his career with Southern Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific. The case was brought under FELA.
- A large verdict was levied against several heavy duty vehicle parts manufacturers who had brakes that contained asbestos in them. The Alameda County jury found the companies defectively designed their brakes, intentionally concealed information to consumers and workers about the dangers and failed to adequately warn consumers about these dangers.
- An Alameda County jury found the manufacture of a cement asbestos board liable for the injuries a construction project estimator sustained and was ordered to pay damages.
- The family of a man who regularly handled asbestos-containing brakes during the inspection, grinding, blowing out and replacement of brakes was awarded a massive verdict in 2014 in a wrongful death case brought after the man died from mesothelioma.
