New York Top Court Rejects Brake-Grinding Maker’s Challenge To $9M Asbestos Award

Mealey's (January 16, 2018, 1:23 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — New York’s top court on Jan. 11 denied leave to appeal after a lower court found a manufacturer of brake-grinding machines had a duty to warn about the dangers the use of its machines with asbestos-containing brakes posed and affirmed a stipulated $9 million award (Walter Miller v. BMW of North America LLC, et al., No. 2017-1076, N.Y. App., 2018 N.Y. LEXIS 48)....