Personal Injury & Torts
Nov. 18, 2009
Asbestos Rulings Create Confusion
The cases of two widows whose husbands died of asbestos exposure have taken radically different turns, creating a sharp split in product liability law that seems destined for the California Supreme Court.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Barbara O'Neil and Vickie Taylor both married men who served on U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in the mid-1960s. Both of their husbands died from exposure to asbestos from the ships' engine rooms.
But their attempts to get compensated for their losses have taken radically different turns, creating a sharp split in product liability law that seems destined for the California Supreme...
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