The Asbestos Team

If you think youve been exposed to asbestos, consult a doctor who is trained to diagnose asbestos-related conditions. And speak to one of our attorneys who specialize in this area of law.

Articles

New Research Grants Continue Progress Against Dread Cancer
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Announces Additional $1 Million of Research Funding MORE

Few think asbestos bill is dead
The advertising blitzes may have halted and the telephones quieted since the asbestos trust-fund bill was brought down in the Senate last week, but the special interests working all sides of the issue are not exhaling yet. MORE

No agreement on how to resolve asbestos claims
The Senate fell one vote short Feb. 14 of stopping a procedural challenge to a bill that would set up a $140 billion asbestos trust fund and it's uncertain when it will come up again for a vote. MORE

Power Plant Posed Asbestos Risk (to firefighters)
The harmful material may have been used in structures damaged in a recent fire. MORE

You Should Know: Asbestos Legislation Update
Asbestos manufacturers are attempting to persuade our legislators to pass a bill that would affect all asbestos-related cases MORE

Terrell Hogan attorney Alan Pickert recently participated in the American Bar Association's Bar Leadership Institute.
Pickert joined some 300 other emerging leaders of lawyer organizations from across the country for seminars on bar governance, finance, communications and planning. Alan is the president-elect of the Jacksonville Bar Association.

Terrell Hogan Leads the Charge to Protect Asbestos Victims
Legislators have been misled on both the national front and in Florida and are attempting to pass legislation that would drastically affect those who have been injured from asbestos by protecting negligent manufacturers of asbestos-containing products. MORE

Settlements

$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Recovery against various negligent defendants for causing the wrongful death of a 76-yearold gentleman. (Alan Pickert, Anita Pryor)

$375,000.00 Settlement. Recovery against a manufacturer of asbestos-containing joint compound for client who developed an asbestos-related illness. (Alan Pickert,Anita Pryor)

$1,750,000.00 Settlement. Career pipefitter developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working on numerous ships. (Evan Yegelwel, Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)

$1,300,000.00 Settlement. A garage mechanic who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos containing brake shoes, discs, clutches, and gaskets (Evan Yegelwel, Anita Pryor, and Alan Pickert)

$985,000.00 Settlement. An engineer who was briefly exposed to asbestos but developed mesothelioma. (Anita Pryor, Alan Pickert and Evan Yegelwel)

$1,200,000.00 Settlement. A former insulator at a refinery who developed mesothelioma after being installing asbestos containing gaskets, packing, pipecovering, and cement. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)

$500,000.00 Settlement. Individual whose only exposure to asbestos was as a child in her home for several months while her father was using asbestos containing joint compound in adding on three rooms to the house (Anita Pryor and Alan Pickert)

$1,000,000.00 Settlement. An electrician who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos at a papermill and while using joint compound when making renovations to his home. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)

$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Former drywaller who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos containing joint compound. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)

$1,450,000.00 Settlement. Former powerhouse mechanic who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working on turbines, boilers, generators, valves, pumps, and steam lines. (Anita Pryor and Alan Pickert)

$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Former navy boilertender who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos on boilers, turbines, and steamlines while aboard various naval vessels. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)

$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Shipyard worker who died from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos containing products and insulation found on steam lines and boilers. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)

$1,750,000.00 Settlement. Career pipefitter who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos after working on numerous ships. (Evan Yegelwel, Alan Pickert, and Anita Pryor)

$2,000,000.00 Settlement. Mesothelioma victim exposed to asbestos from her father bringing asbestos home on his clothes. (Alan Pickert and Anita Pryor)

$1,000,000.00 Settlement. Shipyard worker who died from asbestos related cancer. (Alan Pickert)

$1,600,000.00 Verdict ($1.1 million compensatory and $500,000.00 punitive damages). Personal injury involving lung and cardiac fibrosis from toxic spray. (Anita Pryor and Carroll Cayer)

$14,000,000.00 Verdict ($4.1 million compensatory and $10 million punitive damages). Two cases involving development of terminal cancer. (Evan Yegelwel and Carroll Cayer)