4th Circuit Affirms Jury Instructions, $32.7 Million Asbestos Award

Mealey's (August 25, 2020, 11:49 AM EDT) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — Nothing in the substantial factor causation case law required a judge overseeing an asbestos case to use specific jury instruction language, and nothing improperly or inflammatory led to a $32.7 million verdict, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said Aug. 24 (Ann Finch, et al. v. Covil Corp., No. 19-1594, 4th Cir.)....