{
  "dataset": "cases",
  "name": "Litigation tracker",
  "description": "Engineered-stone silicosis cases that have reached a public outcome (verdict or reported settlement).",
  "page": "https://silicosislawsuit.com/litigation/cases/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0, attribution to silicosislawsuit.com",
  "record_count": 7,
  "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
  "records": [
    {
      "case_id": "ca-lasc-22stcv31907-reyes-gonzalez",
      "case_name": "Reyes-Gonzalez v. Aaroha Radiant Marble & Granite Slabs et al.",
      "jurisdiction": "California state court",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles",
      "state": "CA",
      "filing_date": "2022-09-29",
      "filing_date_precision": "day",
      "plaintiff": "Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez",
      "plaintiff_age_at_verdict": 34,
      "defendants": [
        "Caesarstone USA, Inc.",
        "Cambria Company LLC",
        "Color Marble, Inc.",
        "approximately 31 other slab manufacturers and suppliers (settled or dismissed before verdict)"
      ],
      "plaintiff_attorneys": [
        "Brayton Purcell LLP (Gilbert Purcell, James Nevin, Daniel Morse, Gabriela Munoz-Gomez)",
        "Metzger Law Group (Raphael Metzger, Scott Brust)"
      ],
      "defense_attorneys": [
        "Peter Strotz (lead counsel for Caesarstone; firm per later reports King & Spalding)"
      ],
      "occupation": "Countertop fabricator, Los Angeles and Orange counties, about 15 years",
      "exposure_type": "Cutting and polishing artificial (engineered) stone slabs",
      "engineered_stone": true,
      "companies_or_products": [
        "Caesarstone",
        "Cambria",
        "Color Marble"
      ],
      "diagnosis": "Accelerated silicosis; double lung transplant February 2023",
      "case_status": "Plaintiff verdict; post-trial and appellate status not verified",
      "trial_date": "2024-07",
      "trial_date_precision": "month",
      "verdict_date": "2024-08-07",
      "verdict_amount": 52437366,
      "settlement_publicly_reported": "Settlements with 29 defendants before verdict were reported; terms not public",
      "appeal_status": "Cambria said in August 2024 it intended to explore the appellate process. Outcome not verified by this project.",
      "case_number": "22STCV31907",
      "judge": "William F. Fahey",
      "primary_source_urls": [],
      "secondary_source_urls": [
        "https://publichealthwatch.org/2024/08/08/jury-awards-52-4m-in-case-against-artificial-stone-countertop-makers/"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "phw-2024-08-08",
        "stoneupdate-2024-08-13",
        "prn-braytonpurcell-2024-08-07"
      ],
      "verification_status": "verified_secondary",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
      "editorial_notes": "First engineered-stone silicosis case tried to verdict in the United States. Case number, filing date and judge come from search-index excerpts of the Daily Journal and legal-marketing summaries and have not been checked against the LASC docket."
    },
    {
      "case_id": "ca-lasc-confidential-settlement-2025-04",
      "case_name": "Undisclosed plaintiff v. undisclosed slab manufacturers and suppliers (confidential settlement)",
      "jurisdiction": "California state court",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles",
      "state": "CA",
      "filing_date": null,
      "filing_date_precision": null,
      "plaintiff": "Not disclosed (51-year-old oxygen-dependent fabricator with accelerated complicated silicosis, per counsel)",
      "plaintiff_age_at_verdict": null,
      "defendants": [
        "Not disclosed"
      ],
      "plaintiff_attorneys": [
        "Brayton Purcell LLP"
      ],
      "defense_attorneys": [],
      "occupation": "Stone slab fabricator",
      "exposure_type": "Fabrication of artificial stone",
      "engineered_stone": true,
      "companies_or_products": [],
      "diagnosis": "Accelerated complicated silicosis",
      "case_status": "Settled during jury selection",
      "trial_date": "2025-04",
      "trial_date_precision": "month",
      "verdict_date": null,
      "verdict_amount": null,
      "settlement_publicly_reported": "Counsel reports combined confidential settlements exceeding $26 million",
      "appeal_status": null,
      "case_number": null,
      "judge": null,
      "primary_source_urls": [],
      "secondary_source_urls": [],
      "sources": [
        "braytonlaw-court-successes"
      ],
      "verification_status": "reported_by_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
      "editorial_notes": "Included because it is one of the few settlement figures on the public record. Parties, case number and terms are not public; the figure is plaintiff counsel's."
    },
    {
      "case_id": "ca-lasc-confidential-settlement-2026-02",
      "case_name": "Undisclosed plaintiff v. undisclosed slab manufacturers and suppliers (confidential settlement)",
      "jurisdiction": "California state court",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (per counsel)",
      "state": "CA",
      "filing_date": null,
      "filing_date_precision": null,
      "plaintiff": "Not disclosed",
      "plaintiff_age_at_verdict": null,
      "defendants": [
        "Not disclosed"
      ],
      "plaintiff_attorneys": [
        "Brayton Purcell LLP"
      ],
      "defense_attorneys": [],
      "occupation": "Stone fabricator",
      "exposure_type": "Fabrication of artificial stone",
      "engineered_stone": true,
      "companies_or_products": [],
      "diagnosis": "Silicosis",
      "case_status": "Settled during plaintiff's case in chief",
      "trial_date": "2026-01",
      "trial_date_precision": "month",
      "verdict_date": null,
      "verdict_amount": null,
      "settlement_publicly_reported": "Counsel reports settlements exceeding $20 million",
      "appeal_status": null,
      "case_number": null,
      "judge": null,
      "primary_source_urls": [],
      "secondary_source_urls": [],
      "sources": [
        "braytonlaw-court-successes"
      ],
      "verification_status": "reported_by_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
      "editorial_notes": "Same caveats as the April 2025 settlement entry."
    },
    {
      "case_id": "ca-lasc-gonzales-rodriguez-v-dal-tile",
      "case_name": "Evelin Liseth Gonzales Rodriguez v. Dal-Tile LLC et al. (wrongful death of Willmer Ruben Martinez Paredes)",
      "jurisdiction": "California state court",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (Santa Monica courthouse per plaintiff counsel)",
      "state": "CA",
      "filing_date": null,
      "filing_date_precision": null,
      "plaintiff": "Family of Willmer Ruben Martinez Paredes (decedent, died aged 41)",
      "plaintiff_age_at_verdict": null,
      "defendants": [
        "Dal-Tile LLC",
        "Dal-Tile Distribution, LLC",
        "four other defendants including Caesarstone and Cambria settled before verdict"
      ],
      "plaintiff_attorneys": [
        "Brayton Purcell LLP"
      ],
      "defense_attorneys": [],
      "occupation": "Countertop fabricator",
      "exposure_type": "Fabrication of artificial stone",
      "engineered_stone": true,
      "companies_or_products": [
        "Dal-Tile"
      ],
      "diagnosis": "Artificial-stone silicosis, silicosis-linked rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune disease; death",
      "case_status": "Plaintiff verdict; post-trial status not verified",
      "trial_date": "2026-07",
      "trial_date_precision": "month",
      "verdict_date": "2026-08-03",
      "verdict_amount": 47035380,
      "settlement_publicly_reported": "Four co-defendants settled before verdict; terms not public",
      "appeal_status": "Not verified",
      "case_number": null,
      "judge": null,
      "primary_source_urls": [],
      "secondary_source_urls": [],
      "sources": [
        "braytonlaw-47m-2026",
        "stoneupdate-2026-08-06"
      ],
      "verification_status": "reported_by_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
      "editorial_notes": "Fourth United States trial and third plaintiff verdict. Fault: 3% to each Dal-Tile entity, 70% to the decedent's former employers (35% each to Art in Art Marble/Granite and Precious Stone Inc.), 6% to each of four settled defendants, 0% to the decedent. Sources are plaintiff counsel and trade press; no court record reviewed."
    },
    {
      "case_id": "ca-lasc-solano-claustro-v-caesarstone",
      "case_name": "Solano Claustro et al. v. Caesarstone Ltd., Caesarstone USA, Inc., et al. (wrongful death of Jose Raul Garcia-Leon)",
      "jurisdiction": "California state court",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (Torrance courthouse)",
      "state": "CA",
      "filing_date": null,
      "filing_date_precision": null,
      "plaintiff": "Wendy Solano Claustro and three children of decedent Jose Raul Garcia-Leon",
      "plaintiff_age_at_verdict": null,
      "defendants": [
        "Caesarstone Ltd.",
        "Caesarstone USA, Inc.",
        "other manufacturers (status before trial not verified)"
      ],
      "plaintiff_attorneys": [],
      "defense_attorneys": [
        "King & Spalding LLP (Peter A. Strotz, Bryan L. King, Michael Mosher)"
      ],
      "occupation": "Countertop fabricator and installer, 1996 to 2022",
      "exposure_type": "Fabrication and installation of engineered stone",
      "engineered_stone": true,
      "companies_or_products": [
        "Caesarstone"
      ],
      "diagnosis": "Silicosis; died 16 February 2023",
      "case_status": "Defense verdict",
      "trial_date": "2025-05",
      "trial_date_precision": "month",
      "verdict_date": "2025-05-29",
      "verdict_amount": 0,
      "settlement_publicly_reported": null,
      "appeal_status": "Not verified",
      "case_number": null,
      "judge": "Eric C. Taylor",
      "primary_source_urls": [],
      "secondary_source_urls": [
        "https://www.dailyjournal.com/article/385970-stone-countertop-makes-get-jury-win-in-case-claiming-liability-for-silicosis"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "kslaw-2025-06-06",
        "dailyjournal-385970"
      ],
      "verification_status": "reported_by_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
      "editorial_notes": "Only United States engineered-stone silicosis trial to date decided for the defense. Failure-to-warn and punitive-damages claims were removed by nonsuit; plaintiffs dropped fraudulent concealment; the jury found no negligence and no design defect after less than a day of deliberation. Primary detail comes from defense counsel's release; the Daily Journal report is paywalled."
    },
    {
      "case_id": "ca-ocsc-ramirez-soriano-v-dal-tile",
      "case_name": "Estate/family of Gerardo Ramirez-Soriano v. Dal-Tile Distribution, LLC, Dal-Tile Tennessee, LLC, Paragon Industries, Inc. (Bedrosians Tile & Stone) et al.",
      "jurisdiction": "California state court",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Orange",
      "state": "CA",
      "filing_date": null,
      "filing_date_precision": null,
      "plaintiff": "Family of Gerardo Ramirez-Soriano (decedent, died aged 46)",
      "plaintiff_age_at_verdict": null,
      "defendants": [
        "Dal-Tile Distribution, LLC",
        "Dal-Tile Tennessee, LLC",
        "Paragon Industries, Inc. dba Bedrosians Tile & Stone"
      ],
      "plaintiff_attorneys": [
        "Brayton Purcell LLP (Heather-Ann Young, Diksha Chhetri)"
      ],
      "defense_attorneys": [
        "Foley Mansfield PLLP (Dustin Priebe, Ashley Nagashima, Waverly Shannon) for Dal-Tile",
        "Theodora Oringher PC (Timothy Heggem, Gina Goldberg) for Paragon"
      ],
      "occupation": "Countertop fabricator",
      "exposure_type": "Fabrication of artificial stone",
      "engineered_stone": true,
      "companies_or_products": [
        "Dal-Tile",
        "Bedrosians"
      ],
      "diagnosis": "Artificial-stone silicosis; death",
      "case_status": "Plaintiff verdict; post-trial status not verified",
      "trial_date": "2026-08",
      "trial_date_precision": "month",
      "verdict_date": "2026-08-19",
      "verdict_amount": 7100000,
      "settlement_publicly_reported": null,
      "appeal_status": "Not verified",
      "case_number": null,
      "judge": null,
      "primary_source_urls": [],
      "secondary_source_urls": [],
      "sources": [
        "braytonlaw-7-1m-2026"
      ],
      "verification_status": "reported_by_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
      "editorial_notes": "Fifth United States trial and fourth plaintiff verdict, per plaintiff counsel. Fault: 2% Dal-Tile entities, 1% Paragon, 62% other manufacturers and suppliers not at trial; the remaining allocation was not reported. Only source is plaintiff counsel's release."
    },
    {
      "case_id": "co-denver-2024cv31180-jordan",
      "case_name": "Tyler Jordan and Caitlin Jordan v. Cambria Company LLC et al.",
      "jurisdiction": "Colorado state court",
      "court": "District Court, City and County of Denver",
      "state": "CO",
      "filing_date": "2024-04",
      "filing_date_precision": "month",
      "plaintiff": "Tyler Jordan (diagnosed at 28) and Caitlin Jordan",
      "plaintiff_age_at_verdict": null,
      "defendants": [
        "Cambria Company LLC",
        "Hyundai L&C USA, LLC",
        "Caesarstone USA, Inc.",
        "DuPont (EIDP)",
        "Makita USA"
      ],
      "plaintiff_attorneys": [
        "Brayton Purcell LLP"
      ],
      "defense_attorneys": [
        "Womble Bond Dickinson (for Cambria, per firm release)"
      ],
      "occupation": "Fabricator at Jordan Marble and Granite (family shop), about 10 years",
      "exposure_type": "Fabrication of artificial stone",
      "engineered_stone": true,
      "companies_or_products": [
        "Cambria",
        "Hyundai L&C (Hanstone)",
        "Caesarstone",
        "DuPont",
        "Makita tools"
      ],
      "diagnosis": "Artificial-stone silicosis and silica-associated chronic kidney disease",
      "case_status": "Plaintiff verdict; Cambria announced it intends to appeal",
      "trial_date": "2026-04",
      "trial_date_precision": "month",
      "verdict_date": "2026-04-30",
      "verdict_amount": 17450000,
      "settlement_publicly_reported": null,
      "appeal_status": "Cambria stated an intention to appeal (May 2026). Filing not verified.",
      "case_number": "2024CV31180",
      "judge": "Sarah B. Wallace",
      "primary_source_urls": [],
      "secondary_source_urls": [],
      "sources": [
        "prn-braytonpurcell-2026-05-04",
        "stoneupdate-2026-05-04",
        "womble-2026-05"
      ],
      "verification_status": "reported_by_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
      "editorial_notes": "First artificial-stone silicosis case filed in Colorado and third in the country to reach verdict. Jury findings: Cambria liable for misrepresentation (32% of fault), Hyundai L&C for negligence (3%), employer Jordan Marble and Granite 63%, plaintiff 2%; Caesarstone, DuPont and Makita found not responsible. Defense counsel's release title states the jury found Cambria not negligent and its products not defective; the misrepresentation finding stands alongside that."
    }
  ]
}