SILVESTRO v. KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC.

B196906

DORIS SILVESTRO et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second Appellate District, Division Eight

Not to be Published in the Official Reports


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet, Wendy S. Albers; Jackson & Wallace, Mark D. Sayre and Jessica A. Stepp for Defendant and Appellant.

Waters & Kraus, Gary M. Paul, Paul C. Cook and Michael B. Gurien for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


BIGELOW, J.

This is a wrongful death case in which a jury found that Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., and Kelly-Moore Paint Company failed to give adequate warning that their products had potential risks due to the asbestos contained in those products, and that the lack of an adequate warning was a substantial factor in causing the decedent's death. The jury further found that plaintiffs' economic damages were $250,000, and that their noneconomic damages were $15 million...

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