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Raphael Metzger

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Principal
Metzger Law Group

Long Beach , CA

Phone: (562) 437-4499
Email: rmetzger@toxictorts.com

Metzger filed the first lawsuit in California against manufacturers and distributors of engineered stone for causing silicosis in immigrant workers. His firm now represents about 200 immigrant workers who suffer from this deadly disease. Medi-Cal provides medical care for many of these workers and is being reimbursed from recoveries that the firm obtains for these workers.



Columns
Title Category Published
From public health crisis to legal battle for engineered stone victims Torts/Personal Injury, Immigration Dec. 1, 2025
Governor Newsom's death warrant for undocumented immigrants Torts/Personal Injury, Immigration May 22, 2025
Courts or courted for deportation? The immigration crackdown threatens vulnerable workers Immigration, Administrative/Regulatory May 6, 2025
Will our courts protect catastrophically injured immigrants? Torts/Personal Injury, Immigration Jan. 9, 2025
A license to kill is no solution Torts/Personal Injury, Labor/Employment Jun. 11, 2024
A new epidemic of an ancient disease Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech Jul. 12, 2022
Agency in charge of Proposition 65 has lost its way Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Administrative/Regulatory Aug. 14, 2020
My employer failed to protect me from COVID-19, can I sue? Labor/Employment May 18, 2020
Telephonic hearings in civil cases: A solution to closure Civil Litigation Apr. 21, 2020
Coffee safety declaration violates separation of powers Government, Constitutional Law Aug. 8, 2019

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez v. AAroha Radiant Marble & Granite Slabs, et al. Torts Plaintiff Oct. 25, 2024
Council For Education and Research on Toxics, a California corporation, acting as a private attorney general in the public interest v. Starbucks Corporation, et al. Torts Plaintiff Oct. 9, 2020
Pauline Lopez, individually and as successor-in-interest to Decedent, William Lawrence Lopez; Marlene Arroyo; John Lopez; Dionna Hall, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of her minor children, Vincent William Hall, Philip Robert Hall, Matthew Jordan Hall, and Jonathan Thomas Hall v. AGFA Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Allied Litho Products Torts Plaintiff Jul. 23, 2016
In re GIB LLC Cases Consumer Law Plaintiff Jun. 29, 2013
Wilfredo Velasquez v. Centrome Inc. dba Advanced Biotech Torts Plaintiff Jan. 26, 2013
William Head, Laura Hammond, et al. v. Shell Oil Company Torts Plaintiff Mar. 26, 2011
Jane Doe v. Cleaning Service Company, Product Manufacturers Torts Plaintiff May 22, 2010
Vanessa Hairston, et al. v. Conleff Plumbing Supply Inc., et al. Torts Plaintiff Jul. 7, 2009
Christine Dehoyos, Maria Dehoyos, Sabrina Dehoyos, Anthony Dehoyos, Nicholas Santiago-Yu, Junior David Ortega, Nevaeh Ortega v. The Sherwin Williams Company Torts Plaintiff Jun. 7, 2008
Norman Turner, Barbara Turner v. Chevron Corporation, et al. (Turner I) and Barbara Turner, Todd Turner v. Chevron Corporation, et al. (Turner II) Torts Plaintiff May 3, 2008
Confidential Attorneys Plaintiff Jan. 12, 2006
Confidential Torts Plaintiff Mar. 1, 2005
Norman Turner, Barbara Turner v. Chevron Corporation, et al. Torts Plaintiff Feb. 10, 2004
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Plaintiff Oct. 8, 2002
Confidential Torts Plaintiff Mar. 13, 1999
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Plaintiff Jan. 28, 1995
Title Category Published
From public health crisis to legal battle for engineered stone victims Torts/Personal Injury, Immigration Dec. 1, 2025
Governor Newsom's death warrant for undocumented immigrants Torts/Personal Injury, Immigration May 22, 2025
Courts or courted for deportation? The immigration crackdown threatens vulnerable workers Immigration, Administrative/Regulatory May 6, 2025
Will our courts protect catastrophically injured immigrants? Torts/Personal Injury, Immigration Jan. 9, 2025
A license to kill is no solution Torts/Personal Injury, Labor/Employment Jun. 11, 2024
A new epidemic of an ancient disease Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech Jul. 12, 2022
Agency in charge of Proposition 65 has lost its way Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Administrative/Regulatory Aug. 14, 2020
My employer failed to protect me from COVID-19, can I sue? Labor/Employment May 18, 2020
Telephonic hearings in civil cases: A solution to closure Civil Litigation Apr. 21, 2020
Coffee safety declaration violates separation of powers Government, Constitutional Law Aug. 8, 2019
Case Name Topic Role Published
Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez v. AAroha Radiant Marble & Granite Slabs, et al. Torts Plaintiff Oct. 25, 2024
Council For Education and Research on Toxics, a California corporation, acting as a private attorney general in the public interest v. Starbucks Corporation, et al. Torts Plaintiff Oct. 9, 2020
Pauline Lopez, individually and as successor-in-interest to Decedent, William Lawrence Lopez; Marlene Arroyo; John Lopez; Dionna Hall, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of her minor children, Vincent William Hall, Philip Robert Hall, Matthew Jordan Hall, and Jonathan Thomas Hall v. AGFA Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Allied Litho Products Torts Plaintiff Jul. 23, 2016
In re GIB LLC Cases Consumer Law Plaintiff Jun. 29, 2013
Wilfredo Velasquez v. Centrome Inc. dba Advanced Biotech Torts Plaintiff Jan. 26, 2013
William Head, Laura Hammond, et al. v. Shell Oil Company Torts Plaintiff Mar. 26, 2011
Jane Doe v. Cleaning Service Company, Product Manufacturers Torts Plaintiff May 22, 2010
Vanessa Hairston, et al. v. Conleff Plumbing Supply Inc., et al. Torts Plaintiff Jul. 7, 2009
Christine Dehoyos, Maria Dehoyos, Sabrina Dehoyos, Anthony Dehoyos, Nicholas Santiago-Yu, Junior David Ortega, Nevaeh Ortega v. The Sherwin Williams Company Torts Plaintiff Jun. 7, 2008
Norman Turner, Barbara Turner v. Chevron Corporation, et al. (Turner I) and Barbara Turner, Todd Turner v. Chevron Corporation, et al. (Turner II) Torts Plaintiff May 3, 2008
Confidential Attorneys Plaintiff Jan. 12, 2006
Confidential Torts Plaintiff Mar. 1, 2005
Norman Turner, Barbara Turner v. Chevron Corporation, et al. Torts Plaintiff Feb. 10, 2004
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Plaintiff Oct. 8, 2002
Confidential Torts Plaintiff Mar. 13, 1999
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Plaintiff Jan. 28, 1995
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