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Personal Injury & Torts

Apr. 3, 2002

$33.7 Million Verdict in Asbestos Case Is a Record-Setter

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco jurors gave $33.7 million to a cancer-stricken entrepreneur and his wife last week, the largest award ever in a California asbestos case, according to several lawyers and researchers.

By Tyler Cunningham
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco jurors gave $33.7 million to a cancer-stricken entrepreneur and his wife last week, the largest award ever in a California asbestos case, according to several lawyers and researchers.
        Jurors deliberated for less than ...

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