Appellate Court Issues Remittitur Reducing $35 Million Asbestos Award

LOS ANGELES -- A California appellate court has ruled that a $35 million asbestos verdict was excessive and instead issued a remittitur that based the defendants liability on a total of $5 million in damages. Davis, et al. v. Leslie Controls Inc., et al., No. B205984 (Calif. Ct. App., 2nd App. Dist., Div. 7).

If the plaintiffs do not remit the difference between the new damages amount and the original award to the defendants within 30 days, the defendants are then entitled to a new trial on the sole issue of non-economic damages, the Court of Appeal for the Second …