California Panel Reverses Judgment For Employer In Take-Home Asbestos Case

(August 14, 2017, 3:44 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appellate panel on July 28 reversed summary judgment for an employer on a couple’s take-home asbestos complaint, noting that the state Supreme Court ruling in Kesner v. Superior Court, filed after the couple noticed its appeal, disproved prior case law indicating that a property owner has no duty to its workers’ family members from secondary exposure to asbestos used during the course of its business on its premises (San Juana Sandoval, et al. v. American Appliance Manufacturing Corp., No. B278952, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 4, 2017 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 5203)....

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