Statistics
- California is 1 in the U.S. for malignant mesothelioma deaths.
- The mortality rate from Mesothelioma in California is 10.2 per million.
- In California, 3,795 residents died from mesothelioma.
- Since 1979, 5,792 asbestos-related deaths occurred in California.
Settlements
- $200 Million was awarded to a woman in California who received second hand asbestos exposure from washing her husband’s water and power department work clothes and developed mesothelioma.
- $20 Million was awarded to a woman exposed to asbestos in her own home from asbestos insulation made by Hill Brothers Chemical Co.
- $18 Million was awarded to a government employee of California who received a peritoneal mesothelioma diagnosis after receiving asbestos exposure from talc.
- In 2010, $17 Million was awarded CA to a 66-year-old worker in Oakland who received a mesothelioma diagnosis after being exposed to asbestos at his job at the Shipping Company.
- In San Francisco, $13.2 Million was awarded to a mesothelioma patient against Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.
- $13 Million was awarded to a worker with malignant pleural mesothelioma against Colgate-Palmolive Talcum Powder.
- $11 Million was awarded in a wrongful death settlement to a man who was diagnosed with Mesothelioma. Pneumo Abex LLC and ArvinMeritor, Inc. was held liable.
- $8.5 Million was awarded to a commercial painter and handyman exposed to mesothelioma on the job against cement maker CalPortland Co., Cytec Engineered Materials, and Union Carbide.
- $4.5 Million was awarded to a laborer who was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the fault of ArvinMeritor and its successor Rockwell.
- In 2007 in San Francisco, $3.6 Million was awarded to an 81-year-old mesothelioma patient against Bondex, Kaiser-Gypsum, Hamilton Materials, and Kelly Moore.
- In 2007 in San Francisco, $2.3 Million was awarded to a former electrician and construction subcontractor against Union Carbide Corp., Georgia-Pacific Corp., Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Inc., Hamilton Materials Inc., Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc, and CertainTeed Corp.
- 5 Million was settled to a Plant Worker against the California Pipe Manufacturing Plant they were employed and exposed to asbestos at.
- In 2007 in San Francisco, $2.1 Million was awarded to a 69-year-old worker against many manufacturers of asbestos c0ntaining products and Kaiser Gypsum Company Inc. and Hanson Permanente Cement Inc.
- $2 Million was awarded to a navy boiler tender with mesothelioma that developed during his Navy service against Foster Wheeler LLC.
- $1.9 Million was awarded to a brick mason against Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.
- $1.25 Million was awarded to a pipefitter diagnosed with asbestosis against Jury Awards Advocate Mines, Ltd.
- $1.1 Million was awarded to a stationary engineer with asbestosis against American Laundry Machinery, Inc.
California Laws
In California, 58 counties are segmented into 35 Air Districts, managed by the Air Resources Board (ARB). Each distract must report renovations and demolitions directly to the ARB and has its own rules when it comes to asbestos
A proposed mesothelioma legislation was introduced in California that would require mesothelioma victims who bring lawsuits to disclose bankruptcy and other financial information. The Tort Claim Trust Transparency Act never made it out of the committee.