With more than 30 years of experience representing plaintiffs who have sustained serious personal injuries or financial losses, the trial lawyers of BIREN/KATZMAN have successfully handled hundreds of cases, collecting more than $150 million for our clients. The following case is just one example:

BENGE V. MAC MACHINES

Workers With Lead Poisoning Settle For $2 Million +

Hoyt Benge and his co-workers were employed at the Prestolite Battery Plant in Visalia, California. The battery workers developed increased levels of lead in their blood, causing them to be sick in various degrees.

The UAW, which represented the workers, contacted BIREN/KATZMAN to see if the employees were entitled to compensation other than worker's compensation benefits. BIREN/KATZMAN brought suit against five manufacturers of lead working machines used in the battery production process.

BIREN/KATZMAN established that the lead processing machines were defective because they were neither internally ventilated nor designed for connection to a plant ventilation system, resulting in excess lead escaping into the atmosphere of the plaint.

Thirty plaintiffs settled, in stages, for an aggregate amount approximating $2 million.

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