Court: Component Manufacturer Must Warn of Inherent Asbestos Danger

SEATTLE - A manufacturer has a duty to warn about a product's inherent dangers if the product requires the use of another product and the two together cause a release of a hazardous substance, an appellate court has ruled in reversing summary judgment for a manufacturer in a former Navy machinist mate's asbestos suit. Simonetta, et al. v. Viad Corp., et al., No. 56614-8-I (Wash. Ct. App., Div. 1).

Chief Judge Marlin J. Appelwick, writing for a unanimous Washington Court of Appeals, said in a Jan. 29 published opinion that Viad Corp., as successor to Griscom Russell Co., had a …