NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A four-month long asbestos trial in the New York Supreme Court that ended in a $12.5 million plaintiff victory can be attributed to its complexity and vast number of defendants at the onset of trial, says one trial attorney.

The four-month legal battle began in Justice Barbara Jaffe’s courtroom in Nov. 2013 and came to an end on March 18 with a $12.5 million award in damages for three construction workers’ families.