Baron & Budd, P.C., Announces Asbestos Verdict in Retrial Against Georgia-Pacific in Dallas Victim Exposed to Asbestos as a Child While Working With Father.
DALLAS, June 9 /PRNewswire/ — The Dallas law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., has announced a jury verdict in the second trial on behalf of the family of an East Texas man who died from a cancer caused by his exposure to asbestos fibers as a child. The first trial in the case concluded in March 2005 with a verdict for the family of Timothy Shawn Bostic. In August 2005, the court ordered a new trial. Baron & Budd attorneys Charla Aldous and Chris Panatier represented the Bostic family in both trials.
Jurors in the case heard how Mr. Bostic was exposed to asbestos while working with his father as a child and teenager in the 1960s and 1970s. Witnesses testified that Mr. Bostic frequently used an asbestos-containing joint compound manufactured by Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Court documents showed that Georgia-Pacific officials knew about the health dangers of asbestos as early as 1966. However, the company continued to sell products that contained asbestos as late as 1977.
In 2003, Mr. Bostic was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. He died at the age of 41 on Sept. 5, 2003, leaving behind his wife, Susan, and son, Kyle.
The effects of asbestos exposure, including the onset of diseases like mesothelioma and asbestosis, can take years or even decades to surface. More than 35 years passed before Mr. Bostic began showing symptoms of mesothelioma. He died less than a year after his initial diagnosis.
The jury of one man and five women returned the verdict in Dallas Judge Sally Montgomery’s County Court at Law No. 3 at approximately 5 p.m. on June 8, 2006. The four-week trial concluded after approximately three hours of jury deliberations.
About Baron & Budd, P.C.
Since 1977, the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. has championed the rights of people and communities harmed by corporate misconduct. With more than 80 attorneys and offices in Texas, Ohio, Louisiana, and New York, Baron & Budd enjoys a national reputation as a leader of the plaintiffs’ bar. The firm represents individuals with mesothelioma and other diseases caused by asbestos; leukemia caused by benzene; injuries caused by other toxic substances and unsafe pharmaceuticals; water authorities seeking clean-up costs for drinking water contamination; securities investors defrauded by corporate wrongdoing; and consumers in class actions.
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