$30 Million Mesothelioma verdict in New Jersey
This is possibly one of the largest asbestos verdicts in New Jersey.
The disease killed 50-year-old Mark Buttitta in 2002, although he had only handled auto parts containing asbestos while working summers at giant GM warehouses in New Jersey, Maimon said.
However, Buttitta’s father worked there, and his brother also spent summers at the warehouse, the lawyer said.
The three men wore the same work clothes for several days “bringing home cancer-causing fibers every day from work, unknowingly letting the microscopic fibers fragments waft throughout their home and settle,” said Maimon, who specializes in asbestos cases.
“Worse yet, as a young boy Mark would sit on his dad’s lap _ or next to him on the sofa _ every night to watch TV, and was innocently exposed to asbestos,” he said.
The six-person Bergen County jury on Tuesday found against Asbestos Corp. Ltd. of Canada, which provided material for GM brakes, and BorgWarner Inc. of Michigan, which made clutches.
Source: Newsday.com
