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Million Dollar Awards Can Amount to Much Less

In August, a San Francisco Superior Court jury awarded $10.3 million in economic and non-economic damages in an asbestos case brought by a 60-year-old man allegedly suffering from mesothelioma. <i>Barnes v. Thorpe Insulation Co.</i>, 446017. It may be one of California's 10 largest compensatory verdicts for asbestos cases in the last 15 years.

6 minute read September 28, 2006 at 12:24 AM
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Million Dollar Awards Can Amount to Much Less

In August, a San Francisco Superior Court jury awarded $10.3 million in economic and non-economic damages in an asbestos case brought by a 60-year-old man allegedly suffering from mesothelioma. Barnes v.

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