South Carolina Top Court Affirms Increased Damages After Asbestos Verdict

Mealey's (August 26, 2024, 3:50 PM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — A trial court properly increased an asbestos award after finding it inadequate but not so grossly inadequate as to require a new trial and then properly offset that award by pretrial settlements allocated according to the plaintiffs’ wishes, a divided South Carolina Supreme Court said in affirming a verdict....