Wash. Panel Nixes $5.5M Judgment In Asbestos Cancer Suit

By Mike Curley ( August 26, 2025, 7:15 PM EDT) -- A Washington appeals panel has thrown out a $5.5 million judgment against Hardie-Tynes Co. Inc. in a suit alleging its predecessor's products contained asbestos that gave a former Navy worker mesothelioma, saying there's no successor liability where the new company did not make products containing the same dangerous substance....

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