California Court Affirms Children’s Wrongful Death Action, Lack Of Offsets

(October 10, 2018, 11:02 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — An appeal of an asbestos personal injury verdict did not strip the court of jurisdiction to allow the plaintiffs’ children to add wrongful death claims, and the court properly declined to offset the children’s eventual award with settlement monies the parents received, a California appeals court held Oct. 5 (Bruce Marteney, et al. Elementis Chemicals Inc., No. B283411, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., 2018 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6820)....

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