Mesothelioma v. Lung Cancer: The Diagnosis and its Effect on Juror Perceptions

About the Author photo-1James N. Sinunu, a partner at Adams | Nye | Sinunu | Bruni | Becht LLP, specializes in toxic tort and environmental matters and has tried a variety of cases throughout the state of California. His practice includes product liability, insurance coverage, residential and nursing home care litigation, and commercial law. He regularly serves as an arbitrator, mediator, and judge pro tem.

Mr. Sinunu has practiced law in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than twenty-five years, and in San Francisco since 1993.

The diagnosis of a lung tumor is occasionally a …