Marc P. Kunen and Jose Becerra of the Ferraro Law Firm in Miami secured a $70 million jury verdict for 71-year-old Charles E. Thornton, a former lab technician who claimed he contracted mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos at work.

Thornton worked for biotech company Nabi Pharmaceuticals in Broward and Miami-Dade counties between 1976 and 2010. His job in the fractional department involved separating plasma from blood using biopharmaceutical equipment. But some of those tools contained asbestos, according to Thornton’s March 2017 products liability lawsuit.