ASBESTOS VERDICT
Tennessee widow wins $1.4M lawsuit after husband dies of mesothelioma

Legal observers say the verdict is a record for the amount of the award and the fact that this trial was only the second asbestos trial in the state of Tennessee for the last 15 years or so.

Weitz & Luxenberg has protected the legal rights of asbestos-injured workers since 1986. And in that time the firm's mesothelioma lawyers have won several billion dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients injured by job-related asbestos exposure.

September 21, 2009 - The widow of a former pipe fitter for Combustion Engineering today obtained a record $1.4 million verdict in a lawsuit against National Services Industries, doing business as North Brothers.

The Hamilton County jury reached its verdict after a seven-day trial and a two-day deliberation. The verdict is believed to be the first successful asbestos verdict against North Brothers in any state.

Marion Jackson maintained her husband was exposed to asbestos over a period of 34 years working for the defendant company.

Her attorneys claim the asbestos was in products manufactured by North Brothers and resulted in Wayne Jackson contracting mesothelioma, the deadliest form of asbestos-related cancer.

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