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About Thornton Law Firm

Thornton Law Firm LLP was founded in 1978 by Michael P. Thornton in Boston, Massachusetts, to represent victims of mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases. Now one of the largest plaintiff-side law firms in New England, the firm has 17 attorneys handling toxic tort, personal injury, products liability, whistleblower, and defective drug and medical device cases for clients across the country.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by Thornton Law Firm

$300 millionSettlement

Thornton Law Firm served as liaison counsel on a multi-firm team that secured a $300 million class settlement from State Street Bank on behalf of pension funds and other institutional custodial clients who were secretly overcharged on foreign currency exchange trades for more than a decade.

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · 2016Read the full story →
$42.6 millionVerdict

A Massachusetts jury found Johnson & Johnson liable for Paul Lovell's mesothelioma, awarding $42.6 million in what is believed to be the largest mesothelioma verdict in the state's history.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts (No. 21-2086) · 2025Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$7.55 millionVerdict

A Massachusetts jury awarded $7.55 million to Gerald Sylvestre, a former New Hampshire power plant worker who developed mesothelioma after repeated exposure to asbestos insulation installed by a Canton distributor, in what was then reported as the largest asbestos verdict in New England history.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts (No. 15-7031) · 2017Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$6.8 millionVerdict

A Middlesex County jury awarded $6.8 million to Amy Ross and her two daughters after finding New England Insulation Company liable for the mesothelioma death of her husband Timothy, who had been exposed to asbestos dust doing part-time insulator work around Boston as a teenager and young adult.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts (No. 13-5580) · 2017Product LiabilityRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Boston firms

Lubin & Meyer
Lubin & Meyer
$40 million · $40 Million Verdict for Family of Boy Left with Cerebral Palsy After Five-Hour Delivery Delay
Swartz & Swartz
Swartz & Swartz
$18.4 million · Federal Jury Awards $18.4 Million After Lahey Clinic Doctors Cancel HIV Test, Allowing AIDS to Develop
Sugarman & Sugarman
Sugarman & Sugarman
$30.55 million · $30.55 Million Verdict After Traveling Nurse Failed to Monitor Fetal Heart Rate at MGH
Breakstone, White & Gluck
Breakstone, White & Gluck
$56 million · $56 Million Verdict for Newburyport Man Left Amputee With Brain Injury After Amazon Van Crash
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
$450 million (sought) · $450 Million Wrongful Death Suit: Eversource Ignored Gas Leak for Three Years Before Fatal Maynard Explosion

Attorneys at Thornton Law Firm

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