Man's Exposure to Chrysotile Resulted from Negligent Packaging, Appeals Court Holds

SAN FRANCISCO - An appeals court in California has affirmed a nearly $3 million award in a chrysotile exposure case, upholding the trial court's finding that the manner in which an asbestos mining company packaged its product caused a Johns Manville employee to develop mesothelioma. Haas v. Calaveras Asbestos, LTD., No. A088038 (Calif. Super. Ct., San Francisco Cty.).

In an unpublished opinion issued April 25, the California Court of Appeal for the First District ruled that enough evidence existed for a jury to determine that Michael Haas' exposure to asbestos and subsequent development of an asbestos-related illness was the …