Tenn. Supreme Court Recognizes Duty in Take-Home Exposure Case

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed a decision that enforced a duty to warn on an employer in a take-home asbestos exposure case, saying that the defendant not only had a duty to protect its employees, but also those who came into "close, regular contact with its employees' contaminated work clothes over an extended period of time." Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Co., et al., No. E2006-00903-SC-R11-CV (Tenn. Sup. Ct.).

In the Sept. 9 opinion, the state's high court noted that courts across the country are split on the matter of recognizing such a duty, but ultimately concluded …