Oregon Jury Awards $8.75M in Asbestos Lawsuit
An Oregon jury has awarded $8.75 million to a 65-year-old man who has incurable cancer as a result of asbestos exposure in the 1970s.
The Oregonian reported that David Hoff’s attorneys say the former construction worker’s mesothelioma was caused by a wallboard product that became airborne when it was sanded down.
Hoff is expected to live another year and a half.
Hoff and his wife sued Kaiser Gypsum, the manufacturer that says it stopped making the product in 1975.
The Mesothelioma Center says about 2 to 10 percent of people exposed to asbestos will get mesothelioma.
Jurors awarded $750,000 for medical expenses, $4 million for pain and suffering, and $4 million for Hoff’s wife Patricia.
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