Court Says Ship Owner Owed Duty To Worker, But Vacates Verdict, Sanction

Mealey's (January 25, 2023, 2:05 PM EST) -- TACOMA, Wash. — The owner of a decommissioned ship owed a duty to a man who worked and was allegedly exposed to asbestos while dismantling it but not as a lease owner of the property and the trial court improperly sanctioned the defendant for its 2017 destruction of documents, a Washington appeals court said in vacating judgment and granting a new trial on Jan. 24....