Massachusetts Jury Awards $43.1M In Rare Asbestos-Tobacco Lung Cancer Trial

Mealey's (October 15, 2018, 12:57 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts jury hearing a rare trial involving both asbestos and tobacco defendants on Oct. 12 faulted one of the three defendants and hit that tobacco company with $13.1 million in compensatory damages and $30 million in punitive damages for a man’s lung cancer (Louis Summerlin, et al. v. Philip Morris, USA, et al., No. 1581CV05255, Mass. Super., Suffolk Co.).  VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....