Asbestos Verdicts Account for Nearly 10 Percent of Last Year's Mega-Verdicts




icAendic sbestos cases have emerged as a sizeable factor in a tally of 2001's top 100 jury verdicts by the National Law Journal. Eight of last year's top 100 were asbestos personal injury awards ranging from $20 million to $150 million.

photo-5The largest asbestos personal injury award of 2001 was the $150 million verdict against AC&S in Holmes County, Miss., which was high enough to rank in the compilation's top 10.

Other awards in the top 10 included a $1 billion radioactive contamination award in Louisiana, a $480 million products liability award against Cessna Aircraft Co., …






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