A jury in San Francisco, CA has ordered Georgia Pacific Corp. ("Georgia Pacific"), an asbestos manufacturer, to pay over $7 million in damages. This is the largest asbestos-related verdict ever.
The jury determined that Georgia Pacific exposed former actress and singer, Joan Mahoney, to asbestos which caused her to develop mesothelioma. The exposure apparently occured while Mahoney was working in a home-remodeling business with her husband, Daniel Mahoney.
The jury found that Joan and Daniel Mahoney's have or will suffer damages amounting to $20 million and assigned 30 percent of the responsibility to Georgia Pacific, the only defendant in the trial.
Georgia Pacific believes that it is unlikely their product is reposible for Mahoney's injuries and will appeal the verdict.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/12/BADMVINSN.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
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