$5.25 Million Awarded to Family of Mesothelioma Victim
August 29, 2001
AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas jury has awarded $5.25 million to a man who died after developing mesothelioma, which he had alleged was related to asbestos exposure. Harrison v. ACandS Inc., No. 97-08115 (Texas Dist. Ct., Travis Cty.).
The award, the second to a plaintiff represented by Dallas-based Law Firm Waters & Kraus in less than a week, included $3 million in punitive damages and $2.25 million in compensatory damages.
On Aug. 21, a former auto mechanic and utility worker represented by the firm was awarded $11.1 million in damages as a result of injuries he and his wife said …
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