A Philadelphia judge has asked an appellate court to uphold the $10 million in damages the judge awarded to an asbestos plaintiff and against which a gaskets manufacturer did not defend itself during a bench trial.
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Senior Judge Sheldon C. Jelin, writing in a Sept. 17 opinion explaining his reasoning to the state Superior Court, said that Melrath Supply and Gasket Company Inc. and Melrath Gasket Inc., of Philadelphia, did not defend themselves in a bench trial of Schroeder v. Anchor Darling Valve Co.
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