Employer Challenges Exposure, Timing Of Suit After $3.8M Asbestos Verdict

Mealey's (August 30, 2022, 8:17 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A widow did not sufficiently show exposure to asbestos from a defendant’s product at trial, and because the last day of the man’s employment was within 300 weeks of him developing his disease, the exclusivity provision of the state’s workers’ compensation law applies, a company told a Pennsylvania judge on July 25 in seeking a new trial....