The California Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower appeals court’s ruling on the application of the component parts doctrine in a metal worker’
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State Supreme Court Takes Controversial Asbestos Case
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The California Supreme Court agreed last week to review an asbestos case involving an important failure to warn theory. See Webb v. Special Electric C…
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Raw Material Suppliers Not Liable for Worker Injuries
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A California appeals court ruled last week that several raw material suppliers could not be held liable for injuries allegedly sustained by a worker a…
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Component Part Seller Liability At Issue In Asbestos Case
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California’s high court is preparing to address a split among the state’s lower courts on what seems to be a straightforward issue of product liabilit…
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Sophisticated User/Bulk Supplier Defenses Applied In Chemical Case
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In a wrongful death suit brought by the family of a chemical plant employee, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia predic…
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