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26

Jury Orders DaimlerChrysler AG to Pay $25 Million Personal Injury Award to Mesothelioma Victim

Posted by TotalInjury.com Staff Writer | Posted in Personal Injury Cases in the News

The jury awarded $25 million to New York City brake reliner, Alfred D’Ulisse in the personal injury case against DaimlerChrysler AG.  D’Ulisse filed the personal injury lawsuit because he lost his right lung from Mesothelioma which doctors believed was caused by his exposure to asbestos at Chrysler between 1960 and 1981.  Lawyers alleged Chrysler knew about the hazards of asbestos since the 1930’s and failed to warn its workers. 

The rare cancer in the lining of the lungs and abdomen called Mesothelioma is usually caused by asbestos exposure.  The deadly disease can remain dormant for up to fifty years.  Once a patient is diagnosed with Mesothelioma they usually survive less than 2 years. 

The disease is 100% preventable.  However, many former factory workers, engineers, pipefitters, steel workers and auto mechanics had jobs at companies where they were exposed to asbestos.  Many new personal injury lawsuits are filed by victims and their families as 3000 new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed each year.

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