Case Updates
Tennessee Supreme Court rules on secondary exposure claims against employers
September 09, 2008
The Tennessee Supreme Court concluded that Tennessee law imposes a duty on the part of employers for secondary exposure to asbestos.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief rejecting secondary exposure claims against employers
October 31, 2007
Raising the specter of almost limitless liability, NCLC urged the Tennessee Supreme Court to follow the majority view and to reject finding liability on the part of employers for secondary exposure to asbestos. Secondary exposure is the new front in the asbestos plaintiffs’ bar’s assault on American industry. In response, NCLC has filed briefs in courts across the country urging them to maintain traditional understandings of duty and foreseeability in tort law.