This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Verdicts

May 24, 2008

Navy Ship Mechanic and Wife Win Verdict in Asbestos CaseJury Awards $9.7 Million in Asbestos Case

A former sailor who claimed he contracted chest cancer from asbestos exposure and his wife have been awarded $9.7 million by a jury.

By Noah Barron
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1 of the Verdicts and Settlements

      LOS ANGELES - A former sailor who claimed he contracted chest cancer from asbestos exposure and his wife have been awarded $9.7 million by a jury.
      In its verdict last Friday, the Los Angeles Superior Court jury divided the judgment between plaintiff Chief Y.R. Brewer an...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up