OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – An Alameda County, Calif., jury has returned a verdict for $70,861,113 in favor of a former U.S. Navy machinist mate and nuclear inspector and against defendant John Crane Inc. in an asbestos personal injury case.

The Oct. 30 verdict was entered following a six-week trial and one day of deliberations in the Alameda County Superior Court. The trial began in September with Judge Victoria Kolakowski presiding.