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Adverse decision in Macias v. Saberhagen Holdings

August 09, 2012 | By DEBORAH LA FETRA

In a split decision that bodes ill for manufacturers of safety devices, the Washington Supreme Court ruled today that a cancer-stricken shipyard worker whose job was to clean respirators contaminated with asbestos could sue the respirator manufacturers for failing to warn him about the dangers of such exposure.  The case, Macias v. Saberhagen Hol ...