(May 26, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Evidence presented at trial and past jury awards in mesothelioma cases support raising a jury’s noneconomic damages award to $1.5 million from $500,000, a Louisiana appeals court held May 24 (Frank S. Romano Sr. and Lynn Rome Romano v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 2016-CA-0954, La. App., 4th Cir., 2017 La. App. LEXIS 961)....