Ill. Court Reverses $2.6 Million Verdict in Take-Home Exposure Case

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An Illinois appellate court has reversed a $2.6 million asbestos verdict in a take-home exposure case, ruling that the defendants should not have been imposed with a duty to warn the wife of one of its employees. Holmes, et al. v. Pneumo Abex LLC, et al., No. 4-10-0462 (Ill. 4th Dist. Ct. App.).

In the June 22 ruling, the Illinois 4th District Court of Appeals found that injury to the decedent was not foreseeable since an epidemiological study showing a causal link between disease and asbestos fibers brought home from the work place was not published until …