A large sum of money was awarded by a jury to estate and family of a Langhorne man who died of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
According to a report from the Philadelphia Daily News, Edward Merwitz was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2010 and died months later from the cancer.
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Merwitz worked decades ago around asbestos on US Navy ships while earning a wage at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
