For the thirteenth consecutive year, Steven Kazan was named to the prestigious Best Lawyers® list for the Northern California region. Best Lawyers also named Steven a “Lawyer of the Year” for the second time for his work in mass tort litigation for plaintiffs. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review and is [...]
Steven Kazan was delighted to take part in the University of California, San Francisco’s outstanding Saturday Night Science Interactive Experiences on Oct. 13. The event consisted of several sessions led by UCSF professors and doctors that focused on the university’s cutting edge scientific and medical research. Programs included: “Beyond the Opioid Epidemic: The Future of [...]
In a radical departure from her tentative ruling, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos ruled on Oct. 22, 2018 that Monsanto pay both compensatory and punitive damages to Dewayne Johnson for developing cancer from his long-term exposure to Roundup. The judge’s tentative ruling in early October indicated she would completely set aside punitive damages [...]
Bloomberg News interviewed Steven Kazan for a story about the lawsuits involving Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer. The story focuses in part on an elderly couple that contracted non-Hodgkin lymphoma from exposure to Roundup. Monsanto is asking the judge in this case to block the couple’s request for an expedited trail before they die. Bloomberg wrote: [...]
Reuters news service interviewed Steven Kazan, the lead attorney appealing the Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy, for comments on EFH’s response to the appeal. The appeal argues that EFH's bankruptcy is unlawful because it set a deadline for filing claims for asbestos-related illnesses, even if people exposed to asbestos had not yet been become sick. EFH [...]
The first asbestos lawsuit in the modern era was filed in 1966 against 11 manufacturers of asbestos-containing insulation products, including Johns-Manville, Fibreboard, and Owens Corning Fiberglass, on behalf of an industrial insulation worker who had been exposed to those products on the job. The case was tried in 1969 but the court ruled in favor [...]
Asbestos trust funds provide financial compensation to people who have been exposed to asbestos and contracted an asbestos-related disease such as mesothelioma, a lethal cancer of the cells lining the lungs or abdomen. These trusts are established by asbestos manufacturers that had been sued multiple times and filed for bankruptcy reorganization. The trusts – also [...]
Asbestos is the name for a group of naturally occurring silicate minerals that can be separated into fibers. The fibers are strong, durable, and resistant to heat and fire. They are also long, thin and flexible, and can be woven into cloth. During the Industrial Revolution of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, companies [...]