In what is believed to be a landmark trial and verdict, a jury awarded a Southern California man with silicosis more than $52 million in damages.
Silicosis is an irreversible lung disease caused by inhaling large amounts of silica dust caused by cutting, sawing and crushing stone slabs.A Southern California man battling an irreversible lung disease that doctors say he got by doing his job has been awarded a historic justice in court.
And engineering stone, which sometimes can be cheaper and more durable than natural stone, can contain a much higher percentage of silica. While there are new temporary standards to more safely work with engineered products, a proposal intended to strengthen regulations and license manufactures and sellers of artificial stone in the state was pulled by the
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