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California Courts of Appeal

Jul. 18, 2015

State appellate court schools plaintiffs after reversing massive jury award

Even as it reversed a $32.5 million punitive damages jury award in an asbestos wrongful death case, a state appellate panel explained at length just how the plaintiffs' lawyers blew their chance at a big payday.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Even as it reversed a $32.5 million punitive damages jury award in an asbestos wrongful
death case, a state appellate panel explained at length just how the plaintiffs' lawyers
blew their chance at a big payday.


Had it stood, it would have been the third-largest punitive damages award to survive
appeal in California...

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