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BREWSTER v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.

Nos. 2006-SC-000584-DG, 2007-SC-000366-DG.

279 S.W.3d 142 (2009)

Charles E. BREWSTER, Appellant, v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY and Jewish Hospital Healthcare Services, Appellees. and Jewish Hospital Healthcare Services, Inc., Appellant, v. Charles Brewster, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Sales, Joseph Donald Satterley, Paul Jason Kelley, Rickie A. Johnson, Sales, Tillman, Wallbaum, Catlett & Satterley, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Charles E. Brewster.

Rebecca F. Schupbach, Lisa Catherine DeJaco, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Colgate-Palmolive Company.

James M. Gary, Russell Harper Saunders, Weber & Rose P.S.C., Louisville, KY, Counsel for Jewish Hospital Healthcare Services, Inc.

Valerie F. Settles, Pacific Legal Foundation, Stuart, FL, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.

Opinion of the Court by Chief Justice MINTON.

I. INTRODUCTION.

Decades after working on projects in various premises owners' buildings, an independent contractor's employee developed asbestosis, the cause of which the employee claimed arose from exposure to asbestos while working in the various buildings. Assuming that asbestos exposure occurred on the premises as the employee claimed, under what circumstances can the premises owners be held liable...

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