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Personal Injury & Torts

May 16, 2003

Settlement In $34 Million Asbestos Suit

SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs whose $33.7 million jury verdict set a record for the largest damages award in a California asbestos illness case have settled on appeal for an undisclosed amount.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs whose $33.7 million jury verdict set a record for the largest damages award in a California asbestos illness case have settled on appeal for an undisclosed amount.
        The settlement was approved this week by a panel of the 1st D...

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