Court: Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
The decedent, Joan Smith, died from mesothelioma allegedly caused by secondary exposure to asbestos through laundering her husband’s work clothing. From 1969 through 1993, Mr. Smith was employed as a mechanic and performed brake work on Mack heavy trucks. Mack did not manufacture its own brakes but rather purchased them from third-party suppliers, including Carlisle Industrial Brake & Friction.
Carlisle acknowledged that it sold asbestos-containing brake linings to Mack from 1974 to 1979. Mack, however, was only …
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