Court OKs asbestos-exposure award to worker's spouse

A woman's "bystander exposure" to asbestos from washing her husband's work clothes for more than three decades substantially contributed to her mesothelioma, a New Jersey appellate court has ruled in upholding a $7.5 million jury award. Friday's ruling in Bonnie Anderson vs. A.J. Friedman Supply Co. Inc. upheld a jury award of $7 million for Ms. Anderson and $500,000 for her husband, plus prejudgment interest.