Texas Appellate Court Reverses $10 Million Verdict

HOUSTON -- A Texas appellate court has reversed an award of damages to a man who showed evidence of pleural plaques, ruling that they are not a compensable injury. Ford Motor Co., et al., v. Glenn Miller, et al., No. 14-05-00026-CV (Texas 14th Ct. App.).

On June 10, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals also adopted the analysis of the Michigan Supreme Court that Ford Motor Co. did not owe a duty to its employee's stepdaughter, who claimed she developed mesothelioma as a result of secondhand exposure.

The plaintiffs claimed that John Roland was exposed to asbestos at a Ford facility …