Ill. Jury Reaches Defense Verdict for Georgia-Pacific

CHICAGO -- After deliberating for only a few hours, jurors in Illinois have reached a defense verdict for Georgia-Pacific, rejecting claims that the decedent's mesothelioma was caused by exposure to the defendant's joint compound product. Dancho v. Georgia-Pacific, No. 05-L-5620 (Ill. Ct. Ct., Cook Cty.).

The Illinois Circuit Court for Cook County jury reached the decision on May 15 in the retrial of a case that ended in a hung jury last year.

The trial was presided over by Judge Susan Ruscitti Grussel.

Mary Jane Dancho asserted the claims on behalf of her deceased husband, George T. Dancho. The plaintiff …