The New Jersey Appellate Division on Thursday upheld an $800,000 asbestos verdict against Ford Motor Co., rejecting the company’s claims that the trial judge erred in ruling that it violated a consent order for discovery and in leveling sanctions against it.

Ford appealed the final judgment, arguing that it reasonably searched materials regarding the company’s training programs, as requested by the plaintiff in her suit against the company that it failed to protect dealership workers and their families by not providing warning or guidance for handling asbestos-containing products.

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