Jury Awards Naval Worker's Family $2.7 Million

DALLAS - A jury in Texas has awarded nearly $3 million to the family of a former U.S. Navy seaman who developed mesothelioma, allegedly after three years of exposure to an asbestos refractory cement manufactured by the Quigley Corp. Freeman v. Quigley Corp., et al., No. CC-01-00742-B (Texas Cty. Ct. No. 2, Dallas Cty.).

The Dallas County jury returned the verdict after finding Quigley negligent and strictly liable for the asbestos-related injury and subsequent death of Jerry Freeman. For three years in the U.S. Navy, Freeman worked in engine and boiler rooms aboard the USS Atka, mixing Quigley's Insulag refractory …