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About David McMorris
David J. McMorris is a trial lawyer and directs Thornton Law Firm's health care subrogation and workplace injury practice. He is a member of the Massachusetts and New York bars and the American Association for Justice. His trial experience spans multiple jury verdicts in excess of $1 million in cases involving products liability, construction accidents, toxic exposures, and lead paint. He has been named in Best Lawyers in America for many years, a Massachusetts Super Lawyer for 15 years, and one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association. The American Lawyer selected him as a 2019 Top Rated Lawyer in Mass Tort Law.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Thornton Law Firm
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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.
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.
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.
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