South Carolina Jury Returns $1.75 Million Judgment in Workplace Mesothelioma Death

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simon Greenstone Panatier trial lawyers secured a $1.75 million jury verdict for the family of a South Carolina maintenance worker who died from mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos exposure at his workplace. Curtis Wayne Bolton was responsible for replacing gaskets and packing on valves, pumps and other equipment at the Spartanburg, S.C.-area Celanese factory throughout the 1970s. Despite the high concentration of chrysotile asbestos in the gaskets and packing, wo