NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., which was ordered to pay $40.1 million to a man who claimed he developed mesothelioma following exposure to asbestos, is asking a judge for a new trial.

James Lynch of law firm Lynch Daskal Emery LLP in New York asked the New York Supreme Court for the new trial because of the plaintiff lawyer's "improper behavior" and "outrageous remarks " during summation, according to a motion for a new trial filed Aug. 7.

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