Case Updates
California appeals court rejects post sale duty to warn of hazards created by combining asbestos with manufacturer’s product
February 25, 2009
A California appeals court held that the defendant-manufacturer could not be held liable for failing to warn about asbestos added to its product after it had been sold.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief
January 22, 2008
NCLC urged the California Court of Appeal to refuse to hold liable a product manufacturer for failing to warn about hazardous products used by others in combination with its products. Here, the trial court properly held that the defendant-manufacturer could not be held liable for failing to warn about the asbestos put on the product post-sale by the Navy. If a broad duty were upheld, it would not only expand asbestos liability but could expand the duty to warn for others as well.