Avondale Warns Of Absurd Results From 50% Judgment Multiplier

( June 30, 2026, 12:48 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A family cherry-picks and misstates Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals precedent, a shipyard company tells a federal judge in Louisiana in urging him to reject the family’s argument that an asbestos damages judgment must be multiplied by 50% under the maximum recovery rule....