Court Hears Post-Trial Motions After $2 Million Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Verdict

RALEIGH, Miss. -- A court that oversaw a trial resulting in a $2 million benzene verdict was scheduled to hear post-trial motions on Jan. 27, more than a year after trial, sources told HarrisMartin. Watts, et al. v. Radiator Specialty, et al., No. 2002-364 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Smith Cty.).

On November 18, 2004, a Smith County (Miss.) Circuit Court jury found defendants Radiator Specialty and U.S. Steel Corp. liable for causing Milton Cecil Watts' benzene-related disease. The jury found Radiator Specialty and U.S. Steel Corp. responsible for 40 percent and 45 percent of the $2 million damage award, respectively. …