Company Defends Asbestos Verdict Apportionment To 5th Circuit

Mealey's (July 10, 2020, 2:31 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Trial evidence clearly established that Owens-Illinois manufactured the asbestos-containing insulation to which a man was exposed, and the jury reasonably apportioned liability to it, an employer tells a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel in a July 6 respondent brief (Theresa G. Adams, et al. v. Ethyl Corp., et al., No. 20-30209, 5th Cir.)....

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