Texas Court Affirms Asbestos Verdict, Strikes Punitive Damage Award

EL PASO, Texas - A Texas appeals court has affirmed the majority of a nearly $2 million award to a laborer who suffered from asbestosis as a result of his exposure to an asbestos-containing insulating cement. Quigley Company, Inc. v. Calderon, No. 08-01-00346 (Texas App. Ct., Eighth Dist.).

The Eighth District Texas Court of Appeals' decision to affirm a trial court's entry of judgment on behalf of Miguel Augustin Calderon coincided with its reversal of the punitive damage award entered against Quigley Corp., who produced the cement product, Insulag.

Calderon held several positions at a Phelps-Dodge copper refinery in El …