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MACIAS v. MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO.

No. 39171-6-II.

244 P.3d 978 (2010)

Leo MACIAS and Patricia Macias, husband and wife, Respondents, v. MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO. et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

December 14, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Robert Couture , David S. Frockt , Matthew Phineas Bergman , Bergman & Frockt PLLC, John Wentworth Phillips , John Matthew Geyman , Phillips Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

Paul Joseph Kundtz , Wendy E. Lyon , Riddell Williams PS, Seattle, WA, Timothy Lee Ashcraft , Williams Kastner & Gibbs, Robert Joseph Sexton , Attorney at Law, Tacoma, WA, Kamela J. James , Law Offices of Kamela J. James, Olympia, WA, for Appellants.

WORSWICK, J.

¶ 1 American Optical Corporation, Mine Safety Appliances Company, and North Safety Products USA (collectively, respirator manufacturers) appeal the superior court's denial of their summary judgment motion, arguing that they had no duty to warn Leo Macias, a retired tool worker, that he could be exposed to harmful asbestos dust while cleaning their respirators at a Seattle shipyard. We hold that the respirator manufacturers owed no duty to Macias...

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