Mealey's (March 28, 2022, 2:23 PM EDT) -- NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A trial judge’s monetary award and directed verdict on general causation for discovery violations constitute “significant” sanctions, but it is unlikely that the sanctions prejudiced Ford Motor Co. in an asbestos trial, and the record supports imposition of the sanctions, an appeals court in New Jersey said March 24 in affirming....