{
  "dataset": "verdicts",
  "name": "Verdict tracker",
  "description": "Every US engineered-stone silicosis jury verdict, with damages, fault allocation and post-trial status.",
  "page": "https://silicosislawsuit.com/litigation/verdicts/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0, attribution to silicosislawsuit.com",
  "record_count": 5,
  "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
  "records": [
    {
      "verdict_id": "2024-08-07-reyes-gonzalez",
      "case_id": "ca-lasc-22stcv31907-reyes-gonzalez",
      "verdict_date": "2024-08-07",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles",
      "state": "CA",
      "plaintiff": "Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez",
      "defendants_at_trial": [
        "Caesarstone USA, Inc.",
        "Cambria Company LLC",
        "Color Marble, Inc."
      ],
      "outcome": "plaintiff",
      "total_amount": 52437366,
      "economic_damages": 8257366,
      "non_economic_damages": 44180000,
      "other_damages": null,
      "punitive_damages": null,
      "damages_notes": "Non-economic: $21,565,000 past and $22,615,000 future.",
      "fault_allocation": [
        {
          "party": "Caesarstone",
          "percent": 15
        },
        {
          "party": "Cambria",
          "percent": 10
        },
        {
          "party": "Color Marble",
          "percent": 2.5
        },
        {
          "party": "Plaintiff",
          "percent": 2.5
        },
        {
          "party": "All others (not at trial)",
          "percent": 70
        }
      ],
      "claims_found": [
        "Failure to warn (per plaintiff counsel); jury form not reviewed"
      ],
      "deliberation": "Four days after a roughly month-long trial",
      "post_trial_status": "Cambria said it would explore appellate options; outcome not verified",
      "sequence_note": "First US engineered-stone silicosis trial verdict",
      "sources": [
        "phw-2024-08-08",
        "stoneupdate-2024-08-13",
        "prn-braytonpurcell-2024-08-07"
      ],
      "verification_status": "verified_secondary",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "verdict_id": "2025-05-29-garcia-leon-defense",
      "case_id": "ca-lasc-solano-claustro-v-caesarstone",
      "verdict_date": "2025-05-29",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (Torrance)",
      "state": "CA",
      "plaintiff": "Wendy Solano Claustro et al. (decedent Jose Raul Garcia-Leon)",
      "defendants_at_trial": [
        "Caesarstone Ltd.",
        "Caesarstone USA, Inc."
      ],
      "outcome": "defense",
      "total_amount": 0,
      "economic_damages": null,
      "non_economic_damages": null,
      "other_damages": null,
      "punitive_damages": null,
      "damages_notes": "No damages; jury found no negligence and no design defect.",
      "fault_allocation": [],
      "claims_found": [],
      "deliberation": "Less than one day",
      "post_trial_status": "Not verified",
      "sequence_note": "Second US trial; only defense verdict to date",
      "sources": [
        "kslaw-2025-06-06",
        "dailyjournal-385970"
      ],
      "verification_status": "reported_by_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "verdict_id": "2026-04-30-jordan",
      "case_id": "co-denver-2024cv31180-jordan",
      "verdict_date": "2026-04-30",
      "court": "District Court, City and County of Denver",
      "state": "CO",
      "plaintiff": "Tyler Jordan and Caitlin Jordan",
      "defendants_at_trial": [
        "Cambria Company LLC",
        "Hyundai L&C USA, LLC",
        "Caesarstone USA, Inc.",
        "DuPont (EIDP)",
        "Makita USA"
      ],
      "outcome": "plaintiff",
      "total_amount": 17450000,
      "economic_damages": 7600000,
      "non_economic_damages": 1650000,
      "other_damages": 8200000,
      "punitive_damages": null,
      "damages_notes": "Other: $7,600,000 physical impairment and $600,000 spousal loss of consortium. Trade press headline of $16.8 million excludes the consortium award.",
      "fault_allocation": [
        {
          "party": "Jordan Marble and Granite (employer, not a defendant)",
          "percent": 63
        },
        {
          "party": "Cambria",
          "percent": 32
        },
        {
          "party": "Hyundai L&C USA",
          "percent": 3
        },
        {
          "party": "Plaintiff",
          "percent": 2
        }
      ],
      "claims_found": [
        "Misrepresentation (Cambria)",
        "Negligence and misrepresentation (Hyundai L&C)",
        "Caesarstone, DuPont and Makita not liable"
      ],
      "deliberation": null,
      "post_trial_status": "Cambria announced an intention to appeal",
      "sequence_note": "Third US trial; first in Colorado",
      "sources": [
        "prn-braytonpurcell-2026-05-04",
        "stoneupdate-2026-05-04",
        "womble-2026-05"
      ],
      "verification_status": "reported_by_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "verdict_id": "2026-08-03-martinez-paredes",
      "case_id": "ca-lasc-gonzales-rodriguez-v-dal-tile",
      "verdict_date": "2026-08-03",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles",
      "state": "CA",
      "plaintiff": "Family of Willmer Ruben Martinez Paredes",
      "defendants_at_trial": [
        "Dal-Tile LLC",
        "Dal-Tile Distribution, LLC"
      ],
      "outcome": "plaintiff",
      "total_amount": 47035380,
      "economic_damages": 2035380,
      "non_economic_damages": 45000000,
      "other_damages": null,
      "punitive_damages": null,
      "damages_notes": "Trade press itemisation: $322,000 medical care, $88,000 income loss, $20,000,000 pre-death pain and suffering, $1,625,380 economic loss to family, $25,000,000 non-economic loss to family.",
      "fault_allocation": [
        {
          "party": "Art in Art Marble/Granite (employer)",
          "percent": 35
        },
        {
          "party": "Precious Stone Inc. (employer)",
          "percent": 35
        },
        {
          "party": "Dal-Tile LLC",
          "percent": 3
        },
        {
          "party": "Dal-Tile Distribution",
          "percent": 3
        },
        {
          "party": "Four settled defendants incl. Caesarstone and Cambria",
          "percent": 24
        },
        {
          "party": "Decedent",
          "percent": 0
        }
      ],
      "claims_found": [
        "Negligence",
        "Design defect",
        "Failure to warn"
      ],
      "deliberation": null,
      "post_trial_status": "Not verified",
      "sequence_note": "Fourth US trial; third plaintiff verdict",
      "sources": [
        "braytonlaw-47m-2026",
        "stoneupdate-2026-08-06"
      ],
      "verification_status": "reported_by_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12"
    },
    {
      "verdict_id": "2026-08-19-ramirez-soriano",
      "case_id": "ca-ocsc-ramirez-soriano-v-dal-tile",
      "verdict_date": "2026-08-19",
      "court": "Superior Court of California, County of Orange",
      "state": "CA",
      "plaintiff": "Family of Gerardo Ramirez-Soriano",
      "defendants_at_trial": [
        "Dal-Tile Distribution, LLC",
        "Dal-Tile Tennessee, LLC",
        "Paragon Industries, Inc. (Bedrosians)"
      ],
      "outcome": "plaintiff",
      "total_amount": 7100000,
      "economic_damages": 2400000,
      "non_economic_damages": 4700000,
      "other_damages": null,
      "punitive_damages": null,
      "damages_notes": null,
      "fault_allocation": [
        {
          "party": "Dal-Tile entities",
          "percent": 2
        },
        {
          "party": "Paragon Industries",
          "percent": 1
        },
        {
          "party": "Other manufacturers and suppliers (not at trial)",
          "percent": 62
        }
      ],
      "claims_found": [],
      "deliberation": null,
      "post_trial_status": "Not verified",
      "sequence_note": "Fifth US trial; fourth plaintiff verdict (per plaintiff counsel)",
      "sources": [
        "braytonlaw-7-1m-2026"
      ],
      "verification_status": "reported_by_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-12"
    }
  ]
}