Liberty Mutual Found Liable for $250,000 in Silicosis Case

DONALDSONVILLE, La. - A judge has awarded more than $250,000 to a former sandblaster and ordered Liberty Mutual Insurance Company to pay the damage award in place of its insureds, all of whom could not be located at the time the case went to trial. Parker v. Sline Company, Inc., et al., No. 58219 (La. Dist. Ct., Ascension Parish).

Judge Thomas J. Kliebert Jr. of the Ascension Parish District Court in Louisiana entered judgment against Liberty Mutual on June 9 after determining that it had issued comprehensive general liability policies to several officers allegedly responsible for the silica-related injuries of …