Navy Machinist Receives 12 Million Dollars in Asbestos Lawsuit

On May 6, 2009, A Los Angeles County jury awarded a former Navy machinist who had contracted mesothelioma, $12.1 million in damages from two defendants, a manufacturer and a supplier of a product containing asbestos.

The former Navy man, who became terminally ill due to working on a navy ship in the 1960’s, and who is 66 years old, was awarded $10 million on May 6th for pain and suffering, $506,000 in economic damages for lost wages and another $1.5 million for Cundiff’s wife for loss of consortium.

It only took the jury five days of deliberation and they found that John Crane, Inc and Lone Star Industries both failed to warn Cundiff of the potential hazard. John Crane, Inc made Insulag and Lone Star Industries delivered the insultating cement containing asbestos to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard where Cundiff worked.

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