Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
When a machinist was diagnosed with mesothelioma, attorneys needed to show how design defects in a respirator mask exposed their client and others to high concentrations of asbestos. The result was a $32.8M verdict using this animation.
The most challenging aspect of any asbestos case is proving liability for an event that happened decades in the past, which is how long it typically takes mesothelioma symptoms to develop from asbestos inhalation. Attorneys Joe Satterley and Denyse Clancy needed to focus their case on how the respiratory mask’s proven design defects exposed the victim (and others) to asbestos by demonstrating to a jury:
How the respirator’s outdated two-point strap system was far less effective than an approved four-point strap system.
How the mask’s ill-fitting seal allowed asbestos fibers to leak in around the edges of the respirator.
How overall, the product was an inherently poor design for doing what it claimed do: protect users from airborne contaminants.
Animation is the best way to answer the question “How,” and we created an arsenal of exhibits to show exactly how the manufacturer was responsible for a faulty product that endangered the victim - and many others.
The result was a $32.8M verdict.
When a machinist was diagnosed with mesothelioma, attorneys needed to show how design defects in a respirator mask exposed their client and others to high concentrations of asbestos. The result was a $32.8M verdict using this animation.
The most challenging aspect of any asbestos case is proving liability for an event that happened decades in the past, which is how long it typically takes mesothelioma symptoms to develop from asbestos inhalation. Attorneys Joe Satterley and Denyse Clancy needed to focus their case on how the respiratory mask’s proven design defects exposed the victim (and others) to asbestos by demonstrating to a jury:
How the respirator’s outdated two-point strap system was far less effective than an approved four-point strap system.
How the mask’s ill-fitting seal allowed asbestos fibers to leak in around the edges of the respirator.
How overall, the product was an inherently poor design for doing what it claimed do: protect users from airborne contaminants.
Animation is the best way to answer the question “How,” and we created an arsenal of exhibits to show exactly how the manufacturer was responsible for a faulty product that endangered the victim - and many others.
The result was a $32.8M verdict.
