The review of the Painter, Take-home, Certainteed, Asbestos & Mesothelioma case documents what many secondary exposure – (secondary asbestos dust exposure – secondhand asbestos exposure) – victims may face today – past potential secondary exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma. The court affirmed the lower courts ruling.
To find out more on the case, see Case No. 655 EDA 2013 – May 27, 2014.
A brief summary of the facts include:
- [Appellant’s] claims against Moving Defendants Sears, [ABI], Certainteed … relate to Mr. Painter’s occasional non-occupational home renovation work throughout the 1960s-1980s.
- [Appellant] claims she produced sufficient evidence Mr. Painter used, and was exposed to respirable asbestos from, floor tile purchased at Moving Defendant Sears’ store(s) and/or manufactured by Moving Defendant [ABI] (under the “Amtico” brand name).
- [Appellant] also claims Mr. Painter was exposed to asbestos from roofing products manufactured by Moving Defendant Certainteed.
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