Louisiana Jury Returns Defense Verdict In Remanded Asbestos Case

Mealey's (December 6, 2021, 2:29 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A jury in Louisiana state court on Nov. 17 returned a defense verdict in an asbestos case that was removed during jury deliberations and then remanded after a federal judge concluded that comments to the jury during closing arguments urging it find that the lone nondiverse defendant’s conduct was not a substantial cause of a man’s asbestos disease did not constitute abandonment of the claim, sources told Mealey Publications....