Jury Awards $20.9 Million to Washington Worker Diagnosed with Mesothelioma after Asbestos Exposure at “Tacoma Aroma” Mill
A King County jury has awarded $20.9 million to Scot McLeod, a former abatement worker who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos at industrial worksites across the Pacific Northwest beginning in 1989. Mr. McLeod is represented by attorneys Kaitlin Cherf, Colin Mieling and Craig Sims of Schroeter Goldmark & Bender (SGB).
Thursday, April 1, 2010 marks the sixth Annual Asbestos Awareness Day. Asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma are among the terrible illnesses caused by exposure to asbestos dust and fiber. Since 1979, Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender has handled well over 1,000 asbestos injury cases, more than 325 of which were mesothelioma cases. Each new asbestos injury…
SEATTLE (November, 14, 2009) – At the annual Bill of Rights dinner, the ACLU of Washington honored Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender attorneys Jeffery Robinson and Amanda Lee for their work representing prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as part of the John Adams Project. The award was given “for personal and professional sacrifice and heroic advocacy…