Wisconsin Appellate Court Sides with Mesothelioma Victim’s Family, Increases Verdict to $13.4 Million

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has upheld a jury’s verdict on behalf of the family of a mesothelioma victim there and increased the award to $13.4 million. The appeals court affirmed a trial court jury’s verdict in a wrongful death suit filed by the family of Gerald “Jerry” Lorbiecki. Mr. Lorbiecki was a steamfitter who contracted mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working in a bottle house at Pabst’s Milwaukee brewery in the 1970s. The court rejected