Favorable Settlement in Toxic Tort Case

In this action, plaintiffs alleged that, as a result of exposure to numerous defendants’ paint products, decedent developed and died of acute myelogenous leukemia. Plaintiffs produced voluminous documents allegedly establishing that decedent purchased our client’s paint products. We filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that plaintiffs had insufficient evidence of decedent’s exposure to our client’s product and that plaintiffs could not establish that exposure to our client’s product was a substantial factor in causing his leukemia. A couple of days before plaintiffs’ opposition was due, we reached a favorable settlement on behalf of our client.