Jury rules for building materials manufacturer in asbestos death case
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A jury in Oakland, California, ruled in favor of building materials manufacturer CertainTeed Corp. last week in a case over whether the company’s asbestos pipes caused a man’s death from lung cancer.
The plaintiffs claimed that Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-based CertainTeed was responsible for the death of the man, a plumber who used the company’s products. The jury determined that the company wasn’t negligent and that its products were not a substantial factor in causing the lung cancer of the man, who was a pipe and cigar smoker exposed to secondhand smoke as a child.
The attorney for the defense, Chris Wood of McKenna Long & Aldridge L.L.P., told the jury that CertainTeed had properly informed customers how to handle the pipes.
“The verdict shows that reasonable people are willing to listen to evidence that product manufacturers can do the right thing to protect users,” Mr. Wood said in a statement. “After all, they need to sell safe products to keep making sales. It is up to informed employers to enforce safety for their employees.”
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