California Panel Affirms Verdict, Rulings In Asbestos Pipe Case

( July 29, 2025, 12:42 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A pipelayer has not met the “extremely high” burden required to overturn a jury verdict that found he qualified as a sophisticated user, that a pipe manufacturer was not negligent and that the trial court’s nonsuit on a fraudulent concealment claim was incorrect, a California appeals court said in an unpublished opinion....