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  "dataset": "companies",
  "name": "Defendant and company index",
  "description": "Manufacturers, distributors and others that appear in documented litigation or regulation.",
  "page": "https://silicosislawsuit.com/litigation/defendants/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0, attribution to silicosislawsuit.com",
  "record_count": 12,
  "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
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      "company_id": "arizona-tile",
      "name": "Arizona Tile",
      "aka": [
        "Arizona Tile, L.L.C."
      ],
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      "headquarters": "Arizona, United States",
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        "Della Terra quartz and stone slab distribution"
      ],
      "litigation_involvement": [
        {
          "case_id": null,
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          "outcome": "no trial outcome identified"
        }
      ],
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      "sources": [
        "aboutlawsuits-silicosis"
      ],
      "verification_status": "unverified",
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    },
    {
      "company_id": "caesarstone",
      "name": "Caesarstone",
      "aka": [
        "Caesarstone Ltd.",
        "Caesarstone USA, Inc."
      ],
      "type": "manufacturer",
      "headquarters": "Israel (US subsidiary in California)",
      "products": [
        "Caesarstone quartz surfaces; products under 1% silica introduced mid-2025 per company statement"
      ],
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        {
          "case_id": "ca-lasc-22stcv31907-reyes-gonzalez",
          "role": "defendant at trial",
          "outcome": "15% fault; plaintiff verdict"
        },
        {
          "case_id": "ca-lasc-solano-claustro-v-caesarstone",
          "role": "defendant at trial",
          "outcome": "defense verdict"
        },
        {
          "case_id": "co-denver-2024cv31180-jordan",
          "role": "defendant at trial",
          "outcome": "not liable"
        },
        {
          "case_id": "ca-lasc-gonzales-rodriguez-v-dal-tile",
          "role": "settled before verdict",
          "outcome": "6% fault allocated"
        }
      ],
      "regulatory_context": "Named by CBS/KFF as a defendant in pending litigation; declined comment citing pending litigation (March 2026).",
      "public_statements": [
        "'The company is not responding as these are matters of pending litigation' (spokesperson, March 2026, CBS/KFF)."
      ],
      "sources": [
        "phw-2024-08-08",
        "kslaw-2025-06-06",
        "stoneupdate-2026-05-04",
        "cbs-2026-03-12"
      ],
      "verification_status": "verified_secondary",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "company_id": "cambria",
      "name": "Cambria",
      "aka": [
        "Cambria Company LLC"
      ],
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      "headquarters": "Minnesota, United States",
      "products": [
        "Cambria quartz surfaces"
      ],
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        {
          "case_id": "ca-lasc-22stcv31907-reyes-gonzalez",
          "role": "defendant at trial",
          "outcome": "10% fault; plaintiff verdict"
        },
        {
          "case_id": "co-denver-2024cv31180-jordan",
          "role": "defendant at trial",
          "outcome": "liable for misrepresentation; 32% fault; intends to appeal"
        },
        {
          "case_id": "ca-lasc-gonzales-rodriguez-v-dal-tile",
          "role": "settled before verdict",
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        }
      ],
      "regulatory_context": "Position: employers, not the product, are responsible; controls are effective when used.",
      "public_statements": [
        "Employers bear responsibility for workplace safety compliance (August 2024, Stone Update).",
        "'Reckless employers are criminally violating the law' and controls 'are effective in reducing exposures below OSHA limits' (March 2026, CBS/KFF)."
      ],
      "sources": [
        "stoneupdate-2024-08-13",
        "stoneupdate-2026-05-04",
        "cbs-2026-03-12"
      ],
      "verification_status": "verified_secondary",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "company_id": "color-marble",
      "name": "Color Marble",
      "aka": [
        "Color Marble, Inc."
      ],
      "type": "distributor",
      "headquarters": "California, United States",
      "products": [
        "Stone slab distribution"
      ],
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        {
          "case_id": "ca-lasc-22stcv31907-reyes-gonzalez",
          "role": "defendant at trial",
          "outcome": "2.5% fault; plaintiff verdict"
        }
      ],
      "regulatory_context": null,
      "public_statements": [
        "Contended there was no proof the plaintiff handled its slabs (August 2024, Stone Update)."
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "company_id": "cosentino",
      "name": "Cosentino",
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        "Cosentino Global",
        "C & C North America, Inc.",
        "Silestone",
        "Dekton"
      ],
      "type": "manufacturer",
      "headquarters": "Spain",
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        "Silestone quartz; company states one third of its portfolio is under 10% crystalline silica"
      ],
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        {
          "case_id": null,
          "role": "named as a defendant in California engineered-stone complaints (press reports and legal-marketing lists)",
          "outcome": "no trial outcome identified"
        }
      ],
      "regulatory_context": "Opposed the proposed California ban at the 21 May 2026 Standards Board meeting.",
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        "'Banning a product to compensate for failed enforcement is irresponsible' (Matt Thurston, regional director, 21 May 2026, Public Health Watch).",
        "'One third of the portfolio, including most new collections, contain less than 10% of crystalline silica' (March 2026, CBS/KFF)."
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        "cbs-2026-03-12",
        "aboutlawsuits-silicosis"
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        "Dal-Tile LLC",
        "Dal-Tile Distribution, LLC",
        "Dal-Tile Tennessee, LLC",
        "subsidiary of Mohawk Industries, Inc."
      ],
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      "headquarters": "Texas, United States",
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        "Quartz slab distribution since 2006 per plaintiff counsel; lower-silica alternative from 2025"
      ],
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        },
        {
          "case_id": "ca-ocsc-ramirez-soriano-v-dal-tile",
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        }
      ],
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        "stoneupdate-2026-08-06",
        "braytonlaw-7-1m-2026"
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    },
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      "name": "DuPont (EIDP)",
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        "EIDP, Inc.",
        "E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company",
        "Corian Quartz / Zodiaq"
      ],
      "type": "manufacturer",
      "headquarters": "Delaware, United States",
      "products": [
        "Zodiaq / Corian Quartz surfaces (historic)"
      ],
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        {
          "case_id": "co-denver-2024cv31180-jordan",
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        }
      ],
      "regulatory_context": null,
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      "company_id": "hyundai-lc",
      "name": "Hyundai L&C USA",
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        "Hyundai L&C USA, LLC",
        "Hanstone"
      ],
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          "case_id": "co-denver-2024cv31180-jordan",
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        }
      ],
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        "stoneupdate-2026-05-04"
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      "last_verified": "2026-09-12"
    },
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      "company_id": "lx-hausys",
      "name": "LX Hausys America",
      "aka": [
        "LX Hausys America, Inc.",
        "LG Hausys",
        "Viatera"
      ],
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      "headquarters": "Georgia, United States (parent in South Korea)",
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      ],
      "litigation_involvement": [
        {
          "case_id": null,
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    },
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      "company_id": "makita",
      "name": "Makita USA",
      "aka": [
        "Makita U.S.A., Inc."
      ],
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      "headquarters": "California, United States (parent in Japan)",
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      ],
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        {
          "case_id": "co-denver-2024cv31180-jordan",
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    },
    {
      "company_id": "msi",
      "name": "M S International (MSI)",
      "aka": [
        "M S International, Inc.",
        "MSI Surfaces",
        "Q Premium Natural Quartz"
      ],
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      "headquarters": "California, United States",
      "products": [
        "Q quartz slabs"
      ],
      "litigation_involvement": [
        {
          "case_id": null,
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        }
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    },
    {
      "company_id": "paragon-bedrosians",
      "name": "Bedrosians Tile & Stone",
      "aka": [
        "Paragon Industries, Inc."
      ],
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      "headquarters": "California, United States",
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