Couple Tells S.C. High Court Evidence Supported Additur Of Asbestos Verdict

Mealey's ( April 18, 2023, 1:43 PM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — Instead of joyfully spending her remaining years with her husband of 51 years, a wife will have to care for an increasingly sick husband who will eventually die a painful death from mesothelioma, evidence that supports a trial judge’s new trial nisi additur, the couple tells the South Carolina Supreme Court.  But in reply, the appellants tell the court that the couple never really grapples with the important issues on appeal and that the jury already heard the very evidence the couple cites and its verdict should not be disturbed....