(September 29, 2016, 1:33 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The argument that a valve company did not have a duty to warn about the dangers of third-party asbestos parts ignores both a previous ruling in the case and legal precedent, a federal judge in Philadelphia held Sept. 28 in affirming a $1,085,000 million verdict (Lynn C. Dobrick, et al. v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., et al., No. 10-03202, E.D. Pa.).

(Opinion available. Document #01-161012-003Z.)

Doctors diagnosed Valent Rabovsky with mesothelioma in 2009. Rabovsky subsequently died of the disease, and Lynn Dobrick and...