9th Circuit Affirms Punitive Damages Award In Crane Co. Asbestos Case

Mealey's (April 2, 2018, 8:17 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Sufficient evidence supports an Arizona federal jury’s $5 million punitive damage verdict against asbestos-defendant Crane Co., and nothing in state law or the 2.8-to-1 ratio of the award to the jury’s economic damages warrants disturbing the finding, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held March 29 (Sandra Brown Coulbourn v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, et al., No. 16-16925, 9th Cir.)....