A Florida state court jury slammed Koch Industries Inc.-owned Georgia-Pacific LLC with a $17 million verdict on Thursday in an asbestos lawsuit, finding that a construction worker’s cancer was caused by exposure to the company's joint compound.
A painter who may have less than a year to live has taken Georgia-Pacific LLC and Union Carbide Corp. to trial in Florida state court, claiming the companies are responsible for exposing him to products containing asbestos. Read More
Heavy equipment giant Caterpillar Inc. and auto parts manufacturer Dana Co. LLC prevailed Monday in a lawsuit brought by the family of a mechanic who died of cancer they claimed was caused by exposure to brakes and other equipment containing asbes... Read More
A Massachusetts General Hospital pathologist testified that a South Florida brake mechanic's asbestos exposure likely caused his mesothelioma. Read More
The family of a mechanic who allegedly died of cancer caused by decades of exposure to asbestos took heavy equipment giant Caterpillar and auto parts manufacturer Dana Holding Corp. to trial on Wednesday in Florida.
See how J. Bruce Jackson uses his opening statement to lay the groundwork linking his client's exposure to asbestos with his mesothelioma he accuses defendants of causing in our opening statement of the week. Read More