A secondhand exposure lawsuit in New Jersey state court resulted in a February 2008 jury award of $30.3 million to the family of Mark Buttitta, who died from mesothelioma.  In Susan Buttitta, as Executrix of the Estate of Mark Buttitta v. Asbestos Corporation Limited, et al. (BER-L-9592-02), the verdict found Borg Warner, Inc., of Michigan, and Asbestos Corp. Ltd., of Canada liable. During trial, attorneys for the Buttitta family argued that he was exposed to asbestos while working summers at an auto parts warehouse and at home from asbestos fibers that clung to his father’s and brothers’ work clothes.  While Mr. Buttitta may have been exposed to asbestos in the workplace, his secondhand household exposure claim also made it to the jury.  Both corporate defendants are expected to appeal.