Additur Violated Jury Trial Principles, Asbestos Defendants Argue

Mealey's (March 1, 2023, 2:27 PM EST) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — By condoning additur based not on compelling reasoning but on speculation about what a jury intended and the true amount of medical damages in an asbestos case, trial and appellate level courts infringed on constitutional principles governing jury trials, two companies tell the South Carolina Supreme Court....