Special Workers' Compensation Alert - Pennsylvania

New legislative proposals to alleviate proof requirements in COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims are understandably getting all of the attention right now. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.

Unanimous defense verdict in asbestos trial in New Mexico. Plaintiff sought nearly $40 million in damages.

We obtained a unanimous 12-0 defense verdict after a two-week trial in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, where the plaintiff was seeking approximately $40 million in damages. In this asbestos litigation case, it was alleged that the decedent contracted mesothelioma and died at the age of 76 as a result of being exposed to asbestos-containing joint compound manufactured and sold by our client.