Man gets $25M asbestos verdict against Exxon 
Company had ‘duty to warn’ repair crews on Newport News tankers
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Published: March 24, 2011
Tags: Judge Timothy S. Fisher, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Newport News Circuit Court
A Newport News Circuit Court jury has awarded $25 million to a ship repair coordinator who had contracted mesothelioma.
The predecessors of Exxon Mobil, the defendant in the case, had taken steps to protect their refinery workers from the dangers of asbestos since the 1930s.
But the company did nothing to shield its employees or the repair ...
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