Court: Port Authority Owed Non-Employee Duty of Care for Asbestos Exposure

NEW YORK -- A New York appellate court has reversed the dismissal of the Port Authority from an asbestos lawsuit, ruling that the defendant owed a duty of care to a woman who claims she was exposed to asbestos through the cleaning of her husband's clothing. Holdampf, et al. v. ACandS, et al., No. 3478 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., App. Div., 1st Dept.).

In the Dec. 2 ruling, the First Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court found that the lone argument made by the Port Authority involved an infant exposure, and did not apply to the …