Calif. Jury Finds for Viad Corp. in Asbestos-Containing Evaporator Case

SAN FRANCISCO -- Asbestos defendant Viad Corp. has prevailed at the end of a nine-day asbestos trial in California after the jury accepted the argument that the company did not owe a duty to warn the plaintiff because the potential dangers of asbestos were unknown at the time the alleged exposure occurred. Andregg, et al. v. A.W. Chesterton Co., et al., No. 274208 (Calif. Super. Ct., San Francisco Cty.).

The Superior Court for San Francisco County jury reached the verdict on Dec. 5, rejecting claims asserted by Jon and Janice Andregg, who argued during trial that John Andregg's mesothelioma was …