JAMES J. McMONAGLE, J.
On October 6, 1987, a $400,000 verdict was returned in favor of Geraldine Layne who had claimed that she had contracted mesothelioma during her employment as a word processor from 1973 until 1985 in the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Office Building in Cleveland, Ohio. The plaintiff proved to the jury's satisfaction that in-place asbestos had been released into the ambient air during numerous renovations of the building. The verdict was returned...
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