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California Top Court: Manufacturers Not Liable For Third-Party Asbestos Products
January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO – A manufacturer may not be held strictly liable or negligent for harm caused by another manufacturer’s asbestos-containing product except where the defendant bears some direct responsibility for the resulting harm, the California Supreme Court held today in rejecting “an unprecedented expansion of strict products liability” (Barbara J. O’Neil, et al. v. Crane [...]