Employer: Expert, Damage Rulings Warrant Review After $18.6M Asbestos Verdict

Mealey's (March 5, 2018, 11:10 AM EST) -- AUSTIN, Texas — An appeals court imposed the wrong standard in reviewing the punitive damage portion of an $18.6 million asbestos verdict and created a “trap” in finding that the defendant waived the issue of whether radiation could have caused the mesothelioma, an employer told the Texas Supreme Court on Feb. 28 (The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Vicki Lynn Rogers, et al., No. 18-0056, Texas Sup.)....

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