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Defective Product Verdicts: Leysen, Et. Al. v. Combustion Engineering Inc.

Paul Leysen, et al. v. Combustion Engineering Inc., et al., and Charles Palmore, et al. v. Aero-Jet General Corp., et al.

Date: July 23, 1999

Verdict/Settlement (breakdown): Leyson - total verdict: $ 2,246,125 (economic damages - $ 828,125; noneconomic damages - $1,418,000)

State: Pennsylvania

Facts: Leyson, 61, was a steamfitter who was still working when diagnosed with cancer in 1998. He worked in heavy industry construction from 1959 to 1980 around asbestos products. He claimed to have worked around Pittsburgh Corning's asbestos thermal insulation materials at various jobs during the 1960s and 1970s and to have worked on the construction of three of Combustion Engineering's boilers.

Palmore, 71, was a welder who died after judgment. He worked in heavy industry construction from 1958 to 1985 around asbestos products. He claimed to have worked around Pittsburgh Corning's asbestos thermal insulation materials at various job sites and said that he worked at the Aerojet facility in Sacramento, Calif., for more than five years during the 1950s and 1960s.

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