TACOMA, Wash. — NAPA Auto Parts and its parent company. Genuine Parts Corp., have been ordered to pay $81.5 million in damages to the family of a man who died of an asbestos-related disease. A jury before the Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma voted unanimously to find that NAPA and Genuine Parts were negligent and strictly liable in the death of Jerry "Doy" Coogan of Kettle Falls. Wash., according to the Dallas-based law firm of Dean, Omar Branham L.L.P.
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