Baltimore Jury Awards $10.3 Million To 14 Plaintiffs In Last
Round Of Consolidated Asbestos Cases (BALTIMORE)
In the last set of 400 consolidated asbestos cases to be decided
in a month-long trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court, a jury on
Aug. 9 awarded 14 people suffering from asbestos-related diseases
$10.3 million. (Verdict Sheets. Document #01-000818-106.)
In a case brought as 26 consolidated asbestos actions, the jury
found AC&S Inc. responsible for exposing the plaintiffs to asbestos-related
products. All 14 of the plaintiffs, some of whose cases have been
pending in Baltimore courts since 1985, suffer or did suffer from
asbestosis, the jury decided. AC&S won defense verdicts in the other
12 cases.
The jury was asked to determine whether each plaintiff was a foreseeable
user and/or bystander to the asbestos products and whether each
plaintiff suffered from an asbestos-related disease. The jury was
also asked to decide whether the products from AC&S and other defendants
were substantial contributing factors for the diseases.
Melanie A. Stone, MPH
Epidemiologist
Scientific Evidence, Inc.
08/18/00
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