Jury Rejects Claims in Take-Home Asbestos Exposure Trial

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- An Illinois jury has found for defendant NL Industries at the conclusion of a take-home secondary exposure mesothelioma trial, sources told HarrisMartin. Glass v. NL Industries, No. 06 L 278 (Ill. 3rd Jud. Cir. Ct., Madison Cty.).

On Dec. 14, the Third Judicial Circuit Court for Madison County jury determined that NL Industries, as a successor to National Lead, did not owe the decedent a duty to warn of secondary asbestos exposure dangers, accepting the defendant's argument that such dangers were not well known at the time of the exposure.

The jury reached the verdict after just …