After a month-long trial, a Fort Worth, Texas, jury returned a defense verdict for American Biltrite Inc. and three other defendants in suits filed by siblings Paul and Suzanne Verret, each of whom was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma. Trial lawyers successfully argued that American Biltrite's floor tile could not have caused the injury, and that neighborhood exposures to crocidolite asbestos from a nearby factory were the more likely cause of their cancer.
News Source: National Floor Trends | Published: March 31, 2004 |
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