A Broward County couple has recently been awarded over $3.6 million by a jury in a case involving asbestos exposure

Ft. Lauderdale, FL - A Broward County couple has recently been awarded over $3.6 million by a jury in a case involving asbestos exposure.

Lynda Daly, 57, and her husband, Michael, claimed that Mrs. Daly had contracted the potentially deadly lung cancer, mesothelioma, as a result of secondhand exposure to car brakes that contained asbestos. The manufacturers of the brakes were Pneumo Abex and Ford Motor Company.

According to court documents, Mrs. Daly's lawyers charged the companies with responsibility for her developing the cancer. It was claimed that she came in contact with asbestos in the 1970s and 1980s during her time working at two different Wisconsin Ford dealerships. She also had helped Mr. Daly to repair the brakes on the couple's own vehicles multiple times during this period.

As is normally the case with malignant mesothelioma, which usually doesn't show symptoms until decades after exposure, Mrs. Daly wasn't diagnosed with the disease until May 2007. The couple had been residents of Broward County for almost 10 years at the time.

The trial had lasted over three weeks, and it took the jury approximately six hours of deliberation to reach a verdict.

During the trial, both companies had agreed that asbestos is a dangerous substance but still insisted that they should not be held accountable for Mrs. Daly's diagnosis of the lung cancer. The jury based their verdict on testimony from several of her doctors from notable hospitals.