California Jury Returns Defense Verdict In Asbestos Pipe Case

( July 7, 2025, 5:06 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California jury returned a verdict for a company battling an asbestos-pipe case, finding that while the company’s product contained potentially knowable risks, an ordinary customer would have recognized them and that the defendant’s failure to warn about them was not a substantial factor in the man’s mesothelioma....