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About Malissa Riehl
Malissa A. Riehl is an associate with Thornton Law Firm LLP. She is a graduate of Truman State University (B.S., 2004), Webster University (M.B.A., 2005), and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 2010). She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Missouri. She joined the firm as a paralegal in 2007 and supported several practice areas including pharmaceutical and medical devices, asbestos/mesothelioma, and personal injury, including two trials (one resulting in a $2.9 million plaintiff verdict). She now concentrates her practice in the drug and medical devices area, Monsanto Roundup cases filed in Missouri, mesothelioma and asbestos claims, Allergen breast implant cases, and Camp Lejeune cases. She was named a Best Lawyers 'One to Watch' for 2024 in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions and Product Liability Litigation.
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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