Michael Irvin to Amber Guyger: ‘The man behind the curtain’ retires after 40 years advising Dallas judges
Kerry Young helped the wheels of justice turn in Dallas County from behind the scenes.
Dallas County Chief Staff Attorney Kerry Young, in his office at the Frank Crowley Criminal Courts building in Dallas, is retiring after 40 years advising judges. He has seen all the biggest cases that have gone through the county s courts over the past four decades.(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer)
12:45 PM on Jun 11, 2021 CDT
Countless documentaries and talk shows focus on Dallas County’s most high-profile trials. On Friday, the person with the inside scoop on all the major criminal cases over the past four decades retired.
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The Dallas Court of Appeals sitting
en banc recently denied review of a panel decision that reversed an $8.8 million dollar asbestos verdict and rendered a take-nothing judgment in favor of an employer in
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. v. Dickson. The Court found missing any evidence that the employer knew in the 1960s that the millboards at issue contained asbestos. Because there was no evidence the employer had actual, subjective knowledge of any asbestos exposure risk, the employer could not be held liable under Texas law.
The Case
A manager for Bell Helicopter in the 1960s, Billy Dickson designed testing enclosures for helicopter parts and then supervised the construction of those enclosures. Although Dickson did not do any construction himself, he was present for up to four hours per month while crews worked with asbestos-containing millboards to build the enclosures. After Dickson developed mesothelioma and died, his three sons and wife sued his employer for wrongful death