A $322 million jury verdict in an asbestos case against Dow Chemical...’s Union Carbide unit and Chevron Phillips Chemical...was overturned by a Mississippi judge. The companies asked the state Supreme Court to overturn the verdict, saying Smith County Circuit Judge Eddie Bowen had a conflict of interest because his parents had asbestos legal claims, including one against Union Carbide...The May 4, 2011 verdict was the largest ever made to a single asbestos case plaintiff...[Judge] Coleman’s order doesn’t include information on a new trial...Dow Chemical spokesman Scot Wheeler wasn’t immediately available to comment on the judge’s order. Bowen’s court administrator, Judy Herrington, said he was out of the office and wouldn’t comment on the case. Plaintiff Thomas Brown claimed he developed asbestosis after being exposed to the toxic fibers while mixing drilling mud on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed Union Carbide and Chevron Phillips knew asbestos is toxic and didn’t warn him.[also refers to Union Carbide (part of Dow)]