Personal Injury & Torts
Nov. 26, 2009
Ford Scores Rare Win in Asbestos Case
A Los Angeles jury on Monday awarded a defense verdict in favor of the automaker in a wrongful death asbestos case that sought $25 million in damages.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In an unusual win, a Los Angeles jury on Monday awarded a verdict in favor of Ford Motor Co. and two other defendants in a wrongful death asbestos case worth about $25 million in damages.
The surviving spouse and sons of William Goebel, a 78-year-old maintenance man who died of pleural mesothelioma in September 2008, alleged that Ford, heavy-duty truck manufacturer Daimler Trucks North...
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