Mealey's (November 18, 2020, 2:04 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A judge on Nov. 9 denied Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc.’s post-trial motion, and the company filed a notice of appeal challenging a Washington state jury’s Sept. 3 verdict awarding $13,425,000 to a former drywaller who contracted mesothelioma. The in-person asbestos trial was the state’s first civil trial since the novel coronavirus caused court closures in March, and the award is a record for King County, sources told Mealey Publications (Raymond Budd v. Kaiser Gypsum Company Inc., No. 19-2-14878-1 SEA, Wash. Super., King Co.)....