In a case brought as 26 consolidated asbestos actions, the jury found AC&S Inc. responsible for exposing the plaintiffs to asbestos-related products. All 14 of the plaintiffs, some of whose cases have been pending in Baltimore courts since 1985, suffer or did suffer from asbestosis, the jury decided. AC&S won defense verdicts in the other 12 cases.

The jury was asked to determine whether each plaintiff was a foreseeable user and/or bystander to the asbestos products and whether each plaintiff suffered from an asbestos-related disease. The jury was also asked to decide whether the products from AC&S and other defendants were substantial contributing factors for the diseases.

Melanie A. Stone, MPH

Epidemiologist

Scientific Evidence, Inc.