Asbestos victim wins record $33.7 million. (National Report).

In what may be the largest single-plaintiff jury award in California in an asbestos-related case, a jury has awarded a retired navy electrician $33.7 million.

Last year, Alfred Todak, who worked as a boiler room electrician for the navy during the 1960s, was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer commonly associated with asbestos exposure. Todak and his wife filed suit against the navy and more than 20 companies, including Foster Wheeler, a manufacturer of marine boilers, whose parts have been found to contain asbestos.

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