Case Updates
Outcome
July 25, 2007
The Michigan Supreme Court concluded that Michigan law does not permit liability for secondary exposure to asbestos.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief
April 18, 2007
As part of its ongoing effort to ensure that courts do not extend liability for asbestos exposure beyond rational boundaries, NCLC filed thisbrief in the Michigan Supreme Court arguing that Michigan law did not permit liability for secondary exposure to asbestos. The plaintiff alleges exposure through her stepfather’s clothes. Her stepfather was an independent contractor who relined the interior of blast furnaces at Ford Motor facilities in Michigan. Raising the specter of virtually unlimited liability, NCLC canvassed the asbestos litigation crisis and the plaintiffs’ bar’s never-ending search for a solvent bystander.