Iowa Jurors Award $6.5 Million in Asbestos Case Against Weil-McLain; Assess Defendant 25 Percent Liability

MASON CITY, Iowa –– An Iowa jury has awarded $6.5 million to a former plumber who testified that he came into contact with asbestos-containing products while working with Weil-McLain’s boilers.

The Iowa District Court, District 2A, jury reached the verdict on April 25, allocating 25 percent liability to the lone remaining defendant. Judge Stephen P. Carroll presided over the trial.

Plaintiff Larry Kinseth alleged that while working for his family’s plumbing business, he came into contact with asbestos-containing boilers that were made and sold by defendant Weil-McLain.

Sources told HarrisMartin that as a result of Iowa’s statute of repose, …