California Personal Injury Case Results in Verdict for Asbestos Victim's Family
Joseph Henson Norris, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, was exposed to dangerous asbestos while he served as a gunner's mate onboard the U.S.S. Bremerton in the mid-1950s. Norris died as a result of this exposure, which can cause mesothelioma, an incurable cancer linked to asbestos. Norris' family challenged the causes of his injury in a civil suit, and they recently received a $3.9 million personal injury verdict from a California personal injury jury.
A manufacturer of asbestos components, Crane Co., will have to pay the amount. Norris' family argued that Crane Co. did not do enough to prevent Joseph Henson's malady, despite the fact that asbestos and its dangers have been known since the early 1901. The symptoms of asbestos exposure might not show up for many years. Norris discovered his mesothelioma only 15 months before he died.