Calif. High Court Won't Hear Duty-to-Warn Dispute

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court has rejected the chance to address a duty-to-warn dispute, letting an appellate opinion stand in which the intermediate court ruled that defendants do not have an obligation to warn a plaintiff of defects in products supplied by others and used in conjunction with its own products. Taylor, et al. v. Crane Co., et al., No. S171931 (Calif. Sup. Ct.).

On June 10, the high court denied Vicki Taylor's petition for review, according to the court's online docket. Taylor filed the petition in April, shortly after the California First District Court of Appeal denied …