Ill. Court: Defendant Can Be Held Liable on Failure-to-Warn Claims if Product Required Asbestos Component

CHICAGO –– An Illinois federal court has declined to award summary judgment to Crane Co., rejecting the asbestos defendant’s position that it may not be held liable for third-party replacement parts.

In the Feb. 14 order, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois determined that a defendant could be held liable for failure to warn if the product required an asbestos component and “where the asbestos-containing material would necessarily be replaced by other asbestos-containing material.”

Plaintiff Marilyn F. Quirin asserted the claims on behalf of Ronald J. Quirin, contending that his exposure to asbestos-containing materials while serving …