CARBAUGH v. ASBESTOS CORP. LTD.

No. 20050822.

167 P.3d 1063 (2007)

2007 UT 65

John CARBAUGH and Dixie Carbaugh, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED, et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert L. Purcell1, Novato, CA, for plaintiffs.

Patricia W. Christensen, Salt Lake City, for defendants.


NEHRING, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 Unlicensed to practice medicine in Utah, Dr. Alvin Schonfeld set up short-term medical clinics in various hostelries in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the purpose of examining persons who suspected that they suffered from asbestos-related diseases. Dr. Schonfeld confirmed the suspicions of forty-seven individuals, whom he diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases. These forty-seven became the plaintiffs in the four cases...

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