Jury Reaches $12 Million Verdict in Boiler Tender Case Against John Crane

PHILADELPHIA -- A Pennsylvania jury has entered a $12 million verdict against John Crane Inc., finding that its gasket and packing products were a causative factor in a former boiler tender's development of mesothelioma. Van Tassel, et al. v. Alfa Laval Inc., et al., No. 001221-2008 (Pa. Ct. Comm. Pls., Philadelphia Cty.).

The Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County jury reached the verdict on March 23 after a trial presided over by Judge Esther Sylvester.

Sources told HarrisMartin that apportionment is done by share amongst the number of settling defendants. As such, John Crane will be responsible for one-fifteenth …