( November 19, 2024, 2:32 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California judge has issued a judgment awarding a combined $23,522,788.70 against two makers of quartz countertops, which are among multiple defendants that were sued by a man who developed silicosis from working as a stonecutter who has already won $52 million in a general verdict against all of the defendants. In the same ruling, the judge granted judgment notwithstanding the verdict to another defendant....