Panel: Instruction Didn’t Prevent Asbestos Plaintiffs From Arguing Ongoing Duty

Mealey's (March 13, 2024, 1:23 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Even though a judge did not instruct a jury that a manufacturer operates under an ongoing duty to warn about the dangers of its product, nothing in the instructions that were given imposed a time limit on such a duty or prevented the plaintiffs from arguing that a crane company failed in its duty, a Washington appeals court said in affirming a defense verdict....