Miss. jury awards man $322M in asbestos lawsuit

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Source: AP

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A jury has awarded $322 million to a Mississippi man who claimed he inhaled asbestos dust while mixing drilling mud sold and manufactured by Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. and Union Carbide Corp.

Allen Hossley, an attorney who represented Thomas C. Brown, said Friday he believed the verdict was the largest awarded in a single plaintiff's asbestos case.

The jury awarded $300 million in punitive damages and $22 million in actual damages. The verdict was handed down Wednesday after more than two weeks of testimony.

The jury found the companies liable for defectively designing their product and failing to provide an adequate warning to workers, Hossley said.

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1. Once it is appealed he may get about $100,000

These verdicts are always tossed by appellant courts.