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Makers not liable in asbestos cases

December 15, 2008

In separate cases dealing with asbestos-related illness, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a manufacturer can’t be held liable for failing to warn about the hazards of someone else’s product. The cases involve two men who once worked aboard Navy ships, Joseph Simonetta and Vernon Braaten.

 

Simonetta said his lung cancer was caused by performing maintenance on an evaporator, a device that removes salt from seawater. Braaten, who worked as a pipefitter, developed mesothelioma.More than a dozen companies were sued, including Griscom Russell, now called Viad.

 

In Simonetta’s case, after the evaporator was shipped from the Griscom Russell plant in 1941 or 1942, it was insulated with asbestos products made by another company. The asbestos exposure that contributed to Simonetta’s lung cancer allegedly occurred in 1958 or 1959, when asbestos insulation had to be removed from the evaporator during maintenance work. Simonetta served in the Navy 1954 to 1974, and was diagnosed in 2000 and 2002.

 

Read Article: Seattle Times

 

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