The father-and-son legal team of James Ferraro Sr. and James Ferraro Jr. obtained a $17.2 million verdict Wednesday against Georgia-Pacific LLC on behalf of a former Miami commercial painter exposed to asbestos and dying of mesothelioma.
The verdict will be reduced by 45 percent with 30 percent of liability attributed to the plaintiff’s employer and 15 percent attributed to him. Union Carbide Corp., which was also sued as the supplier of the asbestos, was cleared by the jury.
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