Family of 66-Year-Old Paper Mill Worker Receives $3.96 Million Asbestos Verdict

Family of 66-Year-Old Paper Mill Worker Receives $3.96 Million Asbestos Verdict

December 22, 2014 – A Portland jury has awarded $3.96 million to the family of a 66-year-old Army veteran and former insulation worker who died of malignant mesothelioma in September 2011. Mr. Robert J. Golik was exposed to asbestos while working as an insulation helper at Pacific Northwest paper mills operated by Weyerhaeuser Company, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products , LLC and Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc., all named as defendants in the case.