Shari Kinseth and Ricky Kinseth, Coexecutors of the Estate of Larry Kinseth, and Shari Kinseth Individually v. Weil-McLain and State of Iowa ex rel. Civil Reparations Trust Fund

CADY, Chief Justice.

*62 In this case, we are called upon to review numerous issues that arose during litigation between the estate of Larry Kinseth, who passed away from mesothelioma, and Weil-McLain, a boiler manufacturer whose products exposed Kinseth to asbestos. After several pretrial rulings and a nearly four-week trial, the jury awarded the estate $4 million in compensatory damages and $2.5 million in punitive damages. Weil-McLain subsequently filed a motion for a new trial and a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The district court denied both motions, and Weil-McLain…