Firm News
SWMW Law Office Manager Leslie McCray Named an ‘Unsung Legal Hero’ by Missouri Lawyers Weekly
SWMW Law, one of the top law firms in the country focusing on asbestos litigation, is proud to announce that Missouri Lawyers Weekly has named Leslie McCray, the firm’s office manager, as one of its Unsung Legal Heroes for 2021. “Leslie has been an integral part of...
SWMW Law Promotes Lauren Williams to Equity Partner
ST. LOUIS, MO - SWMW Law, one of the top law firms in the country focusing on asbestos litigation, is proud to announce the promotion of Lauren Williams to equity partner. “Lauren has continually grown as an attorney, mentor, and leader in her time with the firm, and...
SWMW Law Partner Luke Dalton Slated to Speak during Perrin Conferences’ National Asbestos Litigation Conference
ST. LOUIS, MO - SWMW Law, a law firm focusing on asbestos, mass tort, consumer and personal injury litigation, is pleased to announce Partner Luke Dalton will speak at Perrin Conferences’ National Asbestos Litigation Conference Sept. 29-30. Held virtually this year...
SWMW Law Obtains $2.5 Million in Settlements for Client
After retiring from a long blue-collar career, our client and his wife got the chilling news that he had mesothelioma. This was around Father’s Day of 2014. When our client’s doctors told him the only cause of mesothelioma was exposure to asbestos, he was left...
SWMW Law Secures Over $750,000 Settlement For Local Family
In early November 2011, our clients and their two young children were travelling to a birthday party along a two-lane highway in Madison County, IL, when a tow truck suddenly crossed the center line and struck their minivan on the driver’s side. The husband suffered...
SWMW Law Wins on Appeal
On September 22, 2015, SWMW Law successfully appealed a court’s decision that denied our client, Kaye Bergstrom, her wrongful death claim against Welco Manufacturing Company. Kaye’s husband, David Bergstrom, had previously testified that he worked as a drywaller...
Jury Awards Our Client $11,500,000 in Damages in Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Case
After recovering settlements of nearly $700,000 for our mesothelioma client, Jeanette Poage, we won a hard-fought two-week trial in St. Louis, MO, on July 2, 2015, with an $11,500,000 verdict for Mrs. Poage’s loss of her husband, James Poage. The jury found Crane Co....
Jury Awards Our Client $6,000,000 in Damages in Mesothelioma Case
SWMW Law worked with co-counsel to help secure settlements of nearly $2,000,000 for our client, Lawrence Foreman, before we obtained a verdict for $6,000,000 in February 2014. The jury found Sid Harvey Industries, Inc. liable for $4,000,000 and Nibco, Inc. liable for...