N.Y. Trial Court Sets Aside $11 Million Asbestos Verdict Against Ford Motor Co.

NEW YORK –– A New York trial court has granted a defense motion to set aside an $11 million asbestos verdict, concluding that the expert testimony proffered by the plaintiffs did not satisfy the quantification requirement for toxic tort cases outlined in Parker.

In the April 13 order, the New York Supreme Court for New York County wrote that under Parker v. Mobil Oil Corp. (7 NY3d 434, 2006), some quantification is necessary for a plaintiff to prove causation and this requirement is not satisfied by testimony “that a cumulative exposure to asbestos, no matter how small and without any …