Illinois Jury Awards $23M In Asbestos Case Featuring Genetics Dispute

Mealey's (November 8, 2021, 1:22 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — A jury in Illinois on Nov. 4 awarded $23 million in compensatory damages to a woman suffering from mesothelioma, according to the court docket.  The case featured a discovery dispute over the availability and appropriateness of genetic testing and relationship between mesothelioma and the BRCA gene....