Boiler Maker Can’t Escape Punitive Damages Claims In New York

(December 13, 2019, 2:12 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — Allegations that a boiler company sold products exposing plaintiffs to asbestos adequately plead failure to warn and loss of consortium claims, and nothing in the case management order prevents punitive damages claims, a New York justice held in opinions posted Dec. 10 (Johanna L. Falsetta, et al. v. ABB Inc., et al., No. 190230/2015, Gary Bitteto, et al. v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co., et al., No. 190230/2015, N.Y. Sup., New York Co.)....

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