South Carolina Jury Awards $300,000 To Worker, Wife In Power Plant Asbestos Trial

Mealey's (August 4, 2017, 1:39 PM EDT) -- SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A South Carolina state court jury on Aug. 3 awarded $300,000 to a former power plant inspector and his wife after finding that two defendants negligently exposed the worker to asbestos that caused his mesothelioma (Beverly Dale Jolly, et al. v. General Electric Company, et al., No. 2016-CP-43-01592, S.C. Comm. Pls., Spartanburg Co.)....