February 2006.   Brydon Hugo & Parker partners Edward Hugo and Donna Maul successfully defended their client, DENTSPLY International Inc., in a wrongful death asbestos case brought in Alameda Superior Court.    Plaintiffs claimed that Dentsply had made asbestos-containing dental strips to which decedent, a dental technician, had been exposed and that the exposure had led to his developing an asbestos-related lung cancer (mesothelioma).    After five weeks of trial, the jury deliberated a single day and returned a verdict for the defense. (Horr v. DENTSPLY International Inc., et al., Alameda Superior Court,
Case No. RG03104401, 2/06)