Amici File Briefs in California High Court in Appeals Addressing Conflicting Take-Home Exposure Opinions

SAN FRANCISCO –– Several parties have filed an amicus curiae brief in the California Supreme Court, urging the court to decline asbestos plaintiffs’ “invitation to create a broad new duty rule” in a dispute involving two take-home asbestos exposure cases.

The dispute pending in the California Supreme Court concerns conflicting decisions entered by intermediate appellate courts. In one case, the First District Court of Appeal issued a decision favoring the plaintiffs in the case against Pneumo Abex, while the Second District Court of Appeal found for BNSF Railway in the second case.

In both briefs, the amici –– including the …