John A. Karjala v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation

WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Johns-Manville Products Corporation appeals from an adverse judgment in a jury trial in which John A. Karjala, the plaintiff below, was awarded $200,000 for damages sustained as a result of contracting asbestosis from the use of appellant’s asbestos products. We affirm the judgment upon the narrow grounds discussed below.

John A. Karjala began working as an installer of asbestos insulation in 1948. Between then and June, 1966, when he quit his job, Karjala was exposed to great quantities of asbestos dust. In 1959, Karjala began to feel a shortness of breath,…