Stephen L. Jenkins

Representative matters:

• Hasty v. Commercial Equipment Company: Prevailed on a summary judgment motion for a laborer contractor in a personal injury case in which the plaintiff alleged lung cancer and asbestosis from occupational exposure to asbestos.
• Portillas v. Individual: Successfully argued for the plaintiff to walk away with less than a quarter of his initial demand during a lengthy mediation in a personal injury auto accident case while defending an alleged drunk driver.
• Tomlin v. Fabrics Manufacturer: Prevailed on a summary judgment motion for a manufacturer defendant in Shasta County in a wrongful death action in which the plaintiffs alleged decedent died of mesothelioma from occupational exposure to asbestos.
• Del Rio v. Aerospace Company: Successful summary judgment motion for manufacturer defendant in a personal injury case in Los Angeles in which the plaintiff alleged mesothelioma from occupational exposure to asbestos.
• Chapman v. Engineering and Construction Company: Obtained a dismissal for a general contractor defendant in a personal injury action in which the plaintiff alleged asbestosis from occupational exposure to asbestos at a settlement conference a week before trial in Orange County.