Asbestos News: Philadelphia Asbestos Verdict $25.2 Million The jury in the case of Baccus v. Crane Co. recently awarded James Baccus’ Estate $25.2 million in compensatory and punitive damages.; Navy Firefighter Awarded $2.6 Million for Asbestos Related Cancer David Fortier was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October of 2006, and died in June of 2008. He filed a lawsuit shortly after his diagnosis, but he did not live to see his case decided.; Asbestos Plaintiff’s Body Subpoenaed, Taken from Graveyard Just Before Burial Harold St. John's body was never laid to rest when a court issued a subpoena for his body to collect tissue samples. Chrysler, one of the defendants in the lawsuit, maintains that the proceedings were necessary to obtain additional information about the way Mr. St. John died.

Philadelphia Asbestos Verdict $25.2 Million

3/20/09 - The jury in the case of Baccus v. Crane Co., held and heard before Judge James Murray Lynn in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, recently awarded James Baccus' Estate $25.2 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Mr. Baccus claimed to have been exposed to Asbestos while working for the Navy in Philadelphia, but also was injured in Kentucky, where he spent the remainder of his life. The defense attorneys requested the Kentucky law be applied in the hopes of more evenly distributing the liability for the injuries on defendants who had already settled, but the jury decided no liability against the defendants who settled and awarded significant punitive damages to the Plaintiff. Other plaintiffs and defendants in the suit settled for undisclosed amounts. Read the Mass Tort Litigation Blog article...

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