(October 11, 2016, 12:08 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York appellate court on Oct. 6 reduced two awards in asbestos cases but said the evidence otherwise supported the verdicts against Crane Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation; Laraine Sweberg, etc. v. ABB Inc., et al., Crane Co., No. 190017/13, N.Y. Sup., App. Div., 1st Dept.).

(Opinion available.  Document #01-161012-042Z.)

Ivan Sweberg filed suit in the New York County Supreme Court against numerous companies whose conduct allegedly exposed him to asbestos while he worked as an electrician between 1962...