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BRAATEN v. SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS

No. 80251-3.

198 P.3d 493 (2008)

Vernon BRAATEN (deceased); and Lynn Christine Musser, personal representative of the estate of Vernon Braaten, Respondents, v. SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS, a Washington corporation; and Bartells Asbestos Settlement Trust, a Washington corporation, Defendants, Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Buffalo Forge Company); and Crane Co., Petitioners, General Electric Company, Respondent, Georgia-Pacific Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Bestwall Gypsum Company); Goulds Pumps, Incorporated; and Guard-Line, Inc., Defendants, IMO Industries, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to DeLaval Turbine, Inc. and Warren Pumps, Inc.), Petitioner, Ingersoll-Rand Company; John Crane, Inc.; Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.; Sepco Corporation; Tuthill Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Corpus Engineering Corp.); and Union Carbide Corporation, Defendants, and Yarway Corporation, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided December 11, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Neal Mesher, Brian David Zeringer, Andrew Gordon Yates, Lane Powell PC, Paul J. Lawrence, K&L Gates LLP, Katherine M. Steele, Stafford Frey Cooper, Ronald Clatyon Gardner, Gardner Bond Trabolsi PLLC, Michael Barr King, Carney Badley Spellman PS, James Edward Horne, Gordon Thomas Honeywell Malanca Peterson, Michael Edward Ricketts, Seattle, Brett Schuman, Mortimer Hall Hartwell, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners.

Christopher S. Marks, Williams Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC, Matthew Phineas Bergman, David S. Frockt, Brian F. Ladenburg, Bergman & Frockt, John Wentworth Phillips, John Matthew Greyman, Phillips Law Group PLLC, Seattle, Charles S. Siegel, Loren Jacobson, Waters & Kraus LLP, Dallas, TX, for Respondents.

James Otis Neet, Jr., Attorney at Law, Kansas City, MO, Donald Evans, American Chemistry Council, Arlington, VA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Chemistry Council.

Lynda Mounts, Kenneth Stoller, American Insurance Association, Washington, DC, James Otis Neet, Jr., Attorney at Law, Kansas City, MO, Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Insurance Association.

James Otis Neet, Jr., Attorney at Law, Kansas City, MO, Amicus Curiae on behalf of United States Chamber of Commerce.

James Otis Neet, Jr., Attorney at Law, Kansas City, MO, Mark Behrens, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Victor E. Schwartz, Paul Kalish, Crowel & Moring, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Coalition for Litigation Justice.

Jeanne F. Loftis, Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, Allen E. Eraut, Rizzo Mattingly Bosworth PC, Portland, OR, Erich Gleber, Steven Rosenblatt, Amy Fenno, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, New York, NY, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Flowserve Corporation.

Mark Bradley Tuvim, Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner & Preece, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Ingersoll-Rand Company & Leslie Controls.

James Otis Neet, Jr., Attorney at Law, Kansas City, MO, Jan Amundson, Quentin Riegel, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Association of Manufacturers.

James Otis Neet, Jr., Attorney at Law, Kansas City, MO, Gregg Dykstra, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Indianapolis, IN, Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.

Robin S. Conrad, Amar Sarwal, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc.

James Otis Neet, Jr., Attorney at Law, Kansas City, MO, Karen Harned, Elizabeth Gaudio, National Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation.

Howard Mark Goodfriend, Edwards Sieh Smith & Goodfriend PS, Seattle, David W. Holman, The Holman Law Firm PC, Houston, TX, Amicus Curiae on behalf of 0-1 Inc.

Diana M. Kirchheim, Washington State Senate, Olympia, Deborah J. La Fetra, Timothy Sandefur, Alissa J. Strong, Elizabeth A. Yi, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation.

Jon Peter Freguson, Attorney General's Office, Seattle, Ann Spragens, Robert Hums, Property Casualty Insurers, Des Plaines, IL, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.

William Joel Rutzick, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Schroeter Goldmark & Bender.

Stewart Andrew Estes, Keating Bucklin & McCormack, Aaron V. Rocke, Rocke Law Group PLLC, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

MADSEN, J.

¶ 1 The defendants are manufacturers of valves and pumps sold to the navy and used aboard ships. After the valves and pumps were installed on the ships, the navy applied asbestos-containing insulation to them. None of the defendants manufactured, sold, or otherwise supplied the asbestos insulation applied to their products. Vernon Braaten, who worked as a pipefitter on navy ships, developed mesothelioma and brought suit against the defendants, alleging...

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