{"id":108,"date":"2011-11-08T09:23:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T16:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=108"},"modified":"2011-11-08T09:23:52","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T16:23:52","slug":"florida-jury-awards-20-million-for-mesothelioma-lexology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/florida-jury-awards-20-million-for-mesothelioma-lexology\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida jury awards $20 million for mesothelioma &#8211; Lexology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goldberg Segalla LLP<\/p>\n<p>USA<\/p>\n<p>October 18 2011<\/p>\n<p>In Garrison v. Union Carbide Corp. (Fla. Cir., Broward Co., Sept. 21, 2011), Charles Garrison alleged that he was exposed to asbestos-containing joint compound while remodeling the attic in his uncle\u2019s home in 1974. Mr. Garrison did the work in exchange for free housing while attending college. The only remaining defendant at trial was Union Carbide Corporation, which challenged the mesothelioma diagnosis and argued the disease was in remission. Union Carbide, as the supplier of the asbestos component of the product, also argued that any duty to warn Mr. Garrison fell to Georgia-Pacific as the manufacturer of the joint compound product.<\/p>\n<p>On September 21, 2011, the jury awarded Charles and Cynthia Garrison $20,646,000, consisting of $16.4 million to Charles Garrison, $4 million to Cynthia Garrison and $246,000 in medical expenses. Union Carbide was found 80 percent liable for Mr. Garrison\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=08b1e42d-7609-4fef-8e40-0c0128d1f7e6&amp;utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&amp;utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+Other+states+section&amp;utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&amp;utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2011-11-08&amp;utm_term=\">Florida jury awards $20 million for mesothelioma &#8211; Lexology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goldberg Segalla LLP USA October 18 2011 In Garrison v. Union Carbide Corp. (Fla. Cir., Broward Co., Sept. 21, 2011), Charles Garrison alleged that he was exposed to asbestos-containing joint compound while remodeling the attic in his uncle\u2019s home in 1974. Mr. Garrison did the work in exchange for free housing while attending college. The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/florida-jury-awards-20-million-for-mesothelioma-lexology\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Florida jury awards $20 million for mesothelioma &#8211; Lexology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,12,35],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance-estimates","tag-asbestos","tag-construction","tag-mesothelioma","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Florida jury awards $20 million for mesothelioma - Lexology - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/florida-jury-awards-20-million-for-mesothelioma-lexology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Florida jury awards $20 million for mesothelioma - Lexology - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Goldberg Segalla LLP USA October 18 2011 In Garrison v. 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