Californian Can Pursue Husband's Exposure Claim



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  • Dekens Decision


LOS ANGELES - A California Appeals Court has reversed a decision that would have prevented the wife of a kitchen appliance repairman from continuing her lawsuit against an appliance manufacturer for allegedly causing her husband's mesothelioma and subsequent death. Dekens v. Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex Inc., No. B133117 (Calif. Ct. App., 2nd Dist.).

In an unpublished decision released May 1, the Second District California Court of Appeal ruled that a decision by the Los Angeles County Superior Court granting summary judgment to appliance-maker Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc. (Hamilton Beach) was reached in error, primarily because it ignored evidence indicating that the company's products …






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