Judith Lapointe was 72 years old when she was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma. She survived two months. While Judith never got to testify in this case, her husband of 56 years testified how she worked in her family’s ceramic studio in the basement of their Greenfield, MA home from the 1950’s to the mid 1980’s. He was able to describe how she sanded the dried clay slip product (on application, it was liquid) manufactured by AMACO, that was used to make beginner style ceramic cups and plates. AMACO manufactured ceramic slip products with asbestos-laden talc. Last week, a Boston jury handed down an $83 million dollar verdict. This is the largest asbestos verdict in the history of Massachusetts