After a three week trial, on December 19, 2018, IADC members Bryant J. Spann (Thomas Combs & Spann) and Curt Webb (Beck Redden) won a defense verdict in Suffolk Superior Court, Boston, Massachusetts. Bryant and Curt, along with Zandra Foley of Thompson Coe, defended a major respirator manufacturer against product liability claims brought by the estate and family of an asbestos worker who died of mesothelioma. Plaintiffs were represented by the Thornton Law Firm.