Company Accepts Increased Pain And Suffering Award Or Retries Issue, Justice Says

(January 28, 2016, 9:59 AM EST) -- BUFFALO, N.Y. — A jury’s $250,000 award for pain and suffering in a mesothelioma case deviated from reasonable compensation and must be retried unless the defendant stipulates to a $600,000 award, a New York justice held Dec. 18 while also denying the defendant’s post-trial motion (Estate of William Voelker v. John Crane Inc., No. 801886-2013, N.Y. Sup., 8th Jud. Dist.)....

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