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WEBB v. SPECIAL ELECTRIC CO., INC.

No. S209927.

63 Cal.4th 167 (2016)

WILLIAM B. WEBB et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SPECIAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

May 23, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul & Hanley, Dean A. Hanley , Anthony E. Vieira ; Law Office of Ted W. Pelletier and Ted W. Pelletier for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet , Curt Cutting , Jason R. Litt ; Brydon Hugo & Parker, Hugo Parker , Edward R. Hugo , James C. Parker , Jeffrey Kaufman and Josette D. Johnson for Defendant and Respondent.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Mark A. Behrens , Christopher E. Appel and Patrick Gregory for Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, NFIB Small Business Legal Center and American Chemistry Council as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Deborah J. La Fetra for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Armstrong & Associates and William H. Armstrong for Elementis Chemicals Inc. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

Plaintiff William B. Webb was injured by exposure to asbestos products and sued a raw asbestos supplier for failing to warn him about the danger. His case raises a question about the extent of a supplier's duty to warn. Specifically, when a company supplies a hazardous raw material for use in making a finished...

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