(September 8, 2015, 12:26 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK —The significance of a pending appellate case addressing appropriate damages in asbestos actions warrants staying the time to accept a reduction of a $190 million asbestos award, a New York justice held in an opinion posted Sept. 3 (Santo Assenzio v. A.O. Smith Water Products, Robert Brunck v A.O. Smith Water Products, Paul Levy v. A.O. Smith Water Products, Cesar Serna v A.O. Smith Water Products, Raymond Vincent v. A.O. Smith Water Products, Nos. 190008/12, 190026/12, 190200/12, 190183/12, 190184/12, N.Y. Sup., New York Co.)....