Insulator Covers Liability, Statute Of Repose In Household Exposure Petition

Mealey's (May 23, 2017, 9:14 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Summary judgment on the question of whether the state’s statute of repose applies to a take-home asbestos case precluded litigating the issue at trial, and the plaintiff’s argument that the failure to raise the issue waived the right to appeal the ruling is nonsense, a company told the Washington Supreme Court on May 5, while also challenging whether it owed household members any duty at all (Estate of Barbara Brandes v. Brand Insulation Inc., No. 94199-8, Wash. Sup.)....

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