Judge: Ford Can’t Escape Delaware Jury’s $41.6M Asbestos Verdict

Mealey's (February 4, 2019, 12:50 PM EST) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A widow’s evidence and experts satisfied New Mexico’s causation standard and the jury’s nuanced verdict upends the argument that the resulting $8,125,000 compensatory award came about from inflamed passions, a Delaware judge held Jan. 31 in denying Ford Motor Co.’s post-trial motions (Larry Knecht, et al. v. Borg-Warner Corp., et al., No. N14C-08-164, Del. Super., New Castle Co.)....