A Johns Manville plantworker who died from mesothelioma, whose case was tried in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by Cooney and Conway attorneys Kevin Conway, William Fahey, and Kathy Byrne. Mr. W's family received a jury verdict of $4.0 million. The firm pursued payment of the verdict despite Manville's claim that it's subsequent bankruptcy stay voided the judgement. After an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (New York), the verdict was paid to the W. family.

