Calif. Court Overturns Ruling on Asbestos Plaintiff’s Exposure to Goodyear Gasket Material

SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals court has reversed a decision awarding summary judgment to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in an asbestos injury case, determining that the defendant failed to show that its gasket material could not have been the cause of a former boiler worker’s asbestos-related injuries.

The First Appellate District California Court of Appeal ruled April 29 that evidence presented by Goodyear does not answer the question of whether plaintiff Donald Fields was exposed to Goodyear’s Wingfoot sheet gasket material prior to when the defendant says it no longer contained asbestos.

Goodyear was among several defendants Fields …