Navigation Brake grinder company on hook for $2.7M after jurors say brake dust partly caused woman’s cancer
FORT LAUDERDALE – A Florida state court jury awarded a woman $18 million in an asbestos case, saying brake dust was partly responsible for her cancer.
The lone defendant in the trial was Hennessy Industries, which makes brake grinders. Jurors said Hennessy, which owns Ammco, was 15 percent responsible for 64-year-old Denise Cook’s mesothelioma, meaning it has to pay her $2.7 million.
The case was heard in Florida’s 17th Circuit state court in Broward County. The ruling came down earlier this month.
