Pa. Court Upholds $1.3 Million Asbestos Verdict, Says Defendants ‘Mischaracterized’ Expert Opinion as ‘Any Exposure’ Testimony

HARRISBURG, Pa. –– A Pennsylvania appellate court has upheld a $1.3 million verdict, saying that the plaintiff expert’s testimony did not constitute “any exposure” causation testimony since the expert’s conclusion took the decedent’s factual background into consideration.

In its Sept. 5 opinion, the Pennsylvania Superior Court said that the appealing defendants had “mischaracterized” the testimony as grounded in the “any exposure” theory of causation.

The underlying claims were brought on behalf of Thessely Campbell, whose work for the Budd Company for 30 years as a welder and custodian allegedly exposed him to asbestos.

Campbell developed lung cancer as a …