Illinois Jury Awards $5.5 Million to Asbestos Victim
"A McLean County jury has awarded about $5.5 million in a wrongful death suit accusing numerous companies of exposing a man to asbestos and hiding risks of the material.
The lawsuit, filed in summer 2004, alleged John Hoogerwerf was exposed to asbestos without warnings of its dangers and it caused lung cancer. He fought cancer for a little more than a year before his death on July 17, 2002.
The suit accused numerous companies of a conspiracy to hide the harms of asbestos, but last week’s verdict was solely against Honeywell International Inc. Hoogerwerf installed insulation on pipes and boilers using materials sold by Bendix, which eventually became part of Honeywell."
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