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IN RE ASBESTOS LITIGATION

C.A. No. 704,2002.

832 A.2d 705 (2003)

In re: ASBESTOS LITIGATION. Arthur Fleetwood, 99C-02-278; John Cash, 00C-04-162; John Rigby, 00C-05-045; Dennis Carr, 01C-02-003; William Miller, 00C-05-024; James Desmond, 00C-08-209; James Wilson, 00C-12-224; William Cooper, 86C-08-070E; Billie Chaney, 99C-08-087; Virginia Mason (Charles), 84C-05-145J; George Hill, 97C-08-064; Ella Morris (Samuel), 84C-05-145N; Jackie Donovan, 99C-09-074; Clifford Scruggs, 99C-11-106; Raymond Nack, 98C-05-047; James Williams, 00C-06-047; Conrad Fassel, 00C-11-159; Larry Hollis, 97C-08-128; Charles Fleetwood, 96C-05-266; Leroy Messick, 96C-10-150; Joseph Messick, 95C-03-123; Albert Griffith, 97C-02-220; Paul Hitchens, 97C-10-153; Robert Truitt, 97C-12-019; George Willey, 97C-03-056; Kenneth Miller, 98C-04-123; Freddie Pusey, 94C-01-038; Raymond Peters, 98C-09-007; Lois Lyons, 97C-09-135; Harold Porter, 97C-11-228; Calvin Musser, 88C-09-199; Larry Surricchio, 89C-10-130; Jerome Wells, 89C-10-128; Jack Brasure, 89C-10-129; Edgar Wilson, 90C-05-038; Richard Mccabe, 90C-05-037; Roland Wingate, 90C-07-101; Clark Spicer, 09C-07-102; John Garris, 90C-12-040; Ronald Davidson, 90C-11-222; Parker Turner, 90C-12-039; Robert Steele, 90C-11-221; William West, 91C-04-124; Robert Harding, 91C-04-153; James Reed, 91C-04-125; Claude Marvel, 90C-09-067; Orville Somers, 90C-09-068; Sidney Taylor, 90C-12-139; Alton Scott, 90C-12-1108; Kenneth Marvel, 90C-12-106; Richard Bowdle, 90C-12-107; Leroy Hill, 90C-12-109; Eugene Hastings, 91C-07-251; Donald Hill, 91C-07-259; Ben Peterson, 91C-07-127; Shelly Ewell, 91C-04-046; Woodrow Butler, 91C-07-252; Herman English, 91C-01-153; Thomas Marine, 88C-07-146A; Albert Mcdowell, 89C-05-197; Doris Fernandes, 87C-07-037; Edward Kowalewski, 88C-11-109; Lester Trice, 86C-02-100A; Erman James Bradley, 84C-05-145A; Edward Barto (John Barto), 84C-05-145B; Calvin Collins, 84C-05-145C; Griffin Conley, 84C-05-145D; G. Robert Dickerson, 84C-05-145E; Calvin Foskey, 84C-05-145F; Allen Hickman, Sr., 84C-05-145G; Lloyd Hopkins, 84C-05-145H; Charles Isenberg, 84C-05-145I; Jack Messick, 84C-05-145K; Ulysses Mills, 84C-05-145L; Joseph Moore, 84C-05-145M; Donald Powell, 84C-05-145O; Lewis Powell, 84C-05-145P; Harry Schiff, 84C-05-145R; Joseph Spicer, 84C-05-145S; Andrew H. Bjorson, 85C-05-013; Urias Graham, 85C-11-119A; Granville W. Brittingham, 85C-11-119B; Ernest M. Derrickson, 85C-11-119C; Roy D. James, 85C-11-119D; Hayward Roe, 85C-11-119E; Dale V. Shaffer, 85C-11-119F; Harley G. Watkins, Jr., 85C-11-119G; Dathiette M. Hearn, 86C-06-160; Donald Lowe, 86C-06-070A; Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. Charles A. Wagner Co., Inc., Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 15, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Crumplar, Esquire (argued) and David A. Arndt, Esquire, of Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellants.

David C. Malatesta, Jr., Esquire, of Kent & McBride, P.C., Wilmington, Delaware; John F. Kent, Esquire (argued), of Kent & McBride, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, STEELE and JACOBS, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.

VEASEY, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we hold that plaintiffs who were allegedly injured by asbestos exposure have adduced sufficient evidence to permit a jury to determine whether the defendant, the distributor who sold the asbestos to the plaintiffs' employer, owed a duty to warn the plaintiffs about asbestos hazards. We conclude that the seller cannot avail itself of the "mere supplier" defense set forth in the Restatement...

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