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Patrick Salvi IIJennifer Cascio

Patrick Salvi II · Jennifer Cascio

$363,000,000 Verdict: Toxic Tort, Carcinogen Causes Breast Cancer, “Kill Shots for Causation”

TLU Icon April 9, 2025 5:30 PM||TLU n Demand

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From 1985 to 2019, there was a medical device sterilization company, Sterigenics, that operated in Willowbrook, Illinois – a small suburb southwest of Chicago. Unbeknownst to the community, the company had been using and emitting ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic chemical that is effective in sterilizing medical equipment before being sent to hospitals and doctors for use on patients. Sue Kamuda, who in 1985 had just moved to the area with her husband and three kids, lived there the entire time and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. She received aggressive treatment and has been in remission since early 2008. Sue was the first Plaintiff to bring suit in what would become a nearly 900-Plaintiff mass tort. The verdict came after 6-weeks of trial, which followed 3-weeks of motions in limine.

The case deal with the following issues:

There were three defendants – Sterigenics, its parent company, and its former parent company. The verdict was guilty against all 3 of them and on all 12 counts, resulting in a compensatory verdict of $38 million and a punitive verdict of $325 million.

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