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A Dally county jury awarded $13.5 million to the family of a man who died from exposure to asbestos as a child.
Timothy Shawn Bostic was diagnosed with mesothelioma – a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure – in 2003. He died later that year at the age of 41.
Bostic was exposed to dangerous asbestos fibers while working with his father more than three decades ago. He often used an asbestos-containing joint compound made by Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Georgia-Pacific, a maker of tissue products, knew the risks associated with asbestos by the mid-1960s but continued to sell the asbestos-containing product through 1977, according to the lawsuit.
Late last week, the jury found the company guilty of negligence and failure to warn. Bostic''s family was awarded $7.55 million in compensatory damages and another $6 million in punitive damages.
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