N.Y. Court Affirms Order Tossing $11 Million Asbestos Verdict; Says Plaintiff Experts Didn’t Quantify Exposure Levels

NEW YORK –– A New York appellate court has affirmed an order vacating an $11 million asbestos verdict, ruling that while the plaintiffs’ experts testified as to the increased risk and association between asbestos and mesothelioma, they did not quantify the decedent’s exposure levels as required under Parker.

In the Feb. 28 order, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Judicial Department, rejected the notion that applying a quantification standard in asbestos cases would establish an insurmountable standard since “there is no valid distinction to be made between the difficulty of establishing exposure to, say, benzene in …