$7 Million Awarded to Plaintiff Exposed to Asbestos at Long Island Power Facility

NEW YORK — A jury in New York has awarded $7 million to a former welder who claimed he developed mesothelioma decades after he was exposed to asbestos at a power plant owned by Long Island Lighting Co.

Jurors returned the verdict Sept. 29 in New York County Supreme Court, assigning 100 percent liability for plaintiff Ralph North’s injuries to LILCO successor National Grid Generation LLC.

Beginning in 1962, North worked as a contractor at LILCO’s Northport power station for three separate companies over an aggregate two-and-a-half-year period. It was during that time, North alleged, that he was exposed to …