Case Results

Settlement against Pfizer, Inc. after 5 years of litigation.

Settlement in a consolidated asbestos case. At the time, this settlement was the largest in the history of Illinois.

Recovered in sex abuse cases.

Arbitration award in an explosion case.

Verdict for a refinery worker exposed to asbestos at Shell Oil.

Verdict in a mesothelioma case against Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC. Cooney & Conway represented the widow of a man whose father worked at the Firestone Tire & Rubber Plant in Decatur, IL. This case involved take-home asbestos exposure from the decedent’s father’s work at Firestone. Firestone claimed that they were not negligent in exposing the decedent’s father to asbestos on its premises. The jury returned a $30 million verdict after an hour and a half of deliberations.

Verdict for a truck driver injured on the job.

Settlement in a civil rights case.

Settlement in an electric burn case.

Verdict for an insulator exposed to asbestos on the job.

Recovered for a mesothelioma victim who was exposed to asbestos from his father’s work in the HVAC industry.

Recovered in a wrongful death trucking accident case.

Recovered for a mesothelioma victim who was exposed to asbestos while working for 20 years at a manufacturing plant where asbestos-containing products were being made. 

Recovered for a mesothelioma victim who was exposed to asbestos during her work at a manufacturing plant. 

For a mesothelioma victim who was exposed to asbestos while working as a union boilermaker.

Recovered for a mesothelioma victim who was exposed to asbestos while working as a union insulator.

Recovered for a mesothelioma victim who was exposed to asbestos while working at power plants as a utility worker.

Recovered for a mesothelioma victim who was exposed to asbestos for 8 months at an oil refinery.  

Recovered for a mesothelioma victim who was exposed to asbestos while working as an engineer at industrial plants.

Recovered for a mesothelioma victim who was exposed to asbestos while working at an equipment repair center. 

Recovered for a mesothelioma victim who was exposed to asbestos from her father’s work as an insulator.

Settlement in a maritime injury case.

Verdicts for a woman injured in a truck accident.

Recovered for an asbestosis victim who was exposed to asbestos while working as a union insulator.

Verdict for a power plant worker.

Verdict against an asbestos product manufacturer.

Verdict for an electrician exposed to asbestos on the job.

Verdict for an insulator exposed to asbestos on the job.

Settlement for a head injury in a construction negligence case.

Settlement for a driver injured by a forklift.

Settlement for an electrician injured on an unsafe construction site.