Community Asbestos Exposure Claims Reinstated By California Appeals Court

Mealey's (November 27, 2018, 2:22 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A trial judge improperly considered expert opinions based on evidence outside the record and erred in granting a premises owner and its asbestos fiber supplier summary judgment in an environmental exposure case, a California appeals court held Nov. 21 (Beverly Trapp, et al. v. CertainTeed Corp., et al., No. H043867, Calif. App., 6th Dist.)....