Asbestos Award of $5.8 Million Could Be Largest In U.S. Asbestos Award of $5.8 Million Could Be Largest In U.S. Asbestos Litigation Jon / Thursday, November 15, 1990 7668 A federal jury in Newark has awarded $5.8 million in compensatory damages to a widow, and her two sons , whose husband died of mesothelioma. Read more