Appeals Court Upholds $2 Million Verdict Against John Crane

ATLANTA - A state appeals court has upheld a $2 million asbestos verdict after determining that the jury had been adequately instructed regarding proximate causation before it found defendant John Crane, Inc., liable for the plaintiff's alleged injury. John Crane, Inc. v. Jones, No. A03A0301 (Ga. Ct. App.).

In a decision released July 2, the Georgia Court of Appeals held that the trial court did not err when it refused to instruct the jury that the plaintiff's widow could not recover for her husband's alleged exposure to Crane's product unless it was determined that it was a substantial cause of …