New York Jury Finds Distributors Liable in Lung Cancer Case;
Awards Plant Worker, Wife $2 Million

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Two distributors of asbestos-containing products have been found liable in New York for causing a former plant workers' lung cancer. Adamec v. Buffalo Insulation, et al., No. 105901 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Niagara Cty.).

A Niagara County Supreme Court jury earlier this month awarded Terry Adamec and his wife, Donna, nearly $2 million following a two-week trial before Judge James Kane.

Adamec, 57, worked at a Carbon Graphite plant for nearly 33 years, but was forced to retire when he was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 1999. A year later, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and …