Court Upholds $1.5 Million Asbestos Verdict Against Sears

ALBANY, N.Y. - A New York state appeals court has affirmed a lower court decision that effectively rendered Sears, Roebuck & Company wholly responsible for a $1.5 million asbestos verdict awarded to an former electrician diagnosed with mesothelioma. Plumb v. ACandS, Inc., et al., No. 92517 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., App. Div., Third Dist.).

The decision, released by the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Department on May 8, affirmed a St. Lawrence County Supreme Court ruling in May 2001 to set aside a 98 percent share of the verdict that had been entered against General Electric Corp. after GE …