California Jury Awards $32.2 Million In Asbestos-Pipe Case

Mealey's (November 20, 2018, 1:27 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California jury on Nov. 15 found that J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc. acted with malice in exposing a man to asbestos and tacked $15 million in punitive damages on to $15.2 million in compensatory damages it awarded earlier in the week, sources told Mealey Publications (Norris Morgan, et al. v. CBS Corp., et al., No. BC695605, Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co.)....