After $4.3M Asbestos Verdict, Flooring Company Says Evidence Requires New Trial

(January 12, 2018, 12:12 PM EST) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California judge must grant a new trial in an asbestos lung cancer case that produced a $4.3 million verdict because plaintiffs did not show that a marine flooring company violated federal regulations and, thus, lack evidence that the company breached standard of care necessary to prevail on a negligence claim, the company argues in a Dec. 19 brief (Saipele Faiaipau v. J&H Marine Industrial & Engineering Inc., et al., No. RG1364938, Calif. Super., Alameda Co.)....

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