The state Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether a former Bay Area man who is dying of an asbestos-related cancer can sue a company that employed his uncle, who used to come home with his clothes covered in asbestos dust. A state appeals court had ruled in May that Johnny Kesner, diagnosed in 2011 with a terminal form of mesothelioma commonly caused by asbestos, could sue his uncle's former employer, Abex, which made brake linings filled with asbestos.
State High Court To Rule On Suit By Asbestos-worker's Family
Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle: Local
Wed, 08/20/2014 - 6:05pm
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