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Atkins NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana appeals court has affirmed a multimillion-dollar asbestos verdict against carbon black manufacturer Birla Carbon USA. Lawyers at Unglesby Law Firm and Baggett McCall convinced the state’s Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal on April 1 not to toss the verdict in favor of the family of Elray Lege, who died from mesothelioma. The decision, which affirmed Birla Carbon is 51% at fault for Lege’s death, sustains $4 million for Lege’s pain and suffering and $2 million to widow Brenda for wrongful death. The verdict also featured $500,000 to each of the Leges’ children, but the appeals ruling struck $800,000 of that, leaving a total verdict of about $7.2 million. ....