Office Workers: Evidence Of Intentional Injury Warrants Reinstating Asbestos Case

( May 15, 2025, 8:29 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — Evidence that San Diego knew that a building under renovation contained asbestos, that testing showed unhealthy levels of the fiber in the air and that it kept workers in the building rather than break a $1 million lease at the very least creates triable issues on whether it intentionally injured workers and demonstrates the type of malice permitting punitive damages, a group of office workers tells a California appellate court in seeking reversal of a summary judgment order....