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Jury awards $52.5M in asbestos case
Associated Press
ST.
PAUL, Minn.
(AP) — A jury has awarded $52.5 million to a Roseville construction company that sued its Boston-based insurer for failing to defend it against hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death claims tied to asbestos exposure.Court officials said the verdict returned Wednesday in favor of API Inc.
could be the largest ever in Ramsey County."The big message is you cannot mistreat your policyholders who went out and bought that insurance for protection," said API's attorney, John Faricy Jr.Attorneys for OneBeacon America Insurance Co.
of Boston did not comment Friday.
But OneBeacon could file motions with Ramsey County District Judge John Finley to set aside or reduce the verdict.The jury on Wednesday awarded API $27.5 million ...
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