Federal Judge Says New Jersey Take-Home Exposure Duty Extends To Home’s Visitors

Mealey's (February 23, 2018, 12:34 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — Applying logic New Jersey’s top court first espoused in an asbestos case finding a duty to prevent household exposures, a federal judge in Pennsylvania said Feb. 21 that the duty also extends past spouses to a girlfriend who frequently visited an employee’s residence (Brenda Ann Schwartz v. Accuratus Corp., No. 12-6189, E.D. Pa., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27405)....