Okla. Court Dismisses Take-Home Asbestos Exposure Claims Against Employer, Says Risk of Harm Not Foreseeable

OKLAHOMA CITY –– An Oklahoma federal court has dismissed asbestos claims asserted against an employer in a take-home exposure suit, concluding that the employee’s contact with asbestos was so intermittent that the risk of harm to his wife was not foreseeable.

In the July 30 opinion, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma concluded that because the risk to the employee’s wife was not foreseeable, the employer did not owe a duty of care.

The plaintiffs contended in their lawsuit that Norma Bootenhoff was exposed to asbestos fibers her husband brought home with him on his work …