Ala. Federal Court Awards $3.5 Million in Take-Home Asbestos Exposure Bench Trial

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –– An Alabama federal court has awarded more than $3.5 million at the conclusion of a bench trial involving take-home asbestos exposure claims asserted against the former employer of the decedent’s husband.

In the Sept. 29 decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama found that the defendant “treated mandatory federal regulations as discretionary guidelines and nullified its own exposure reduction standards by failing to implement them.”

The plaintiffs asserted the claims on behalf of Barbara Bobo, contending that she was exposed to asbestos fibers while laundering her husband’s work clothing. Bobo’s husband came into …