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Premises Liability Asbestos Defendant Is Not Liable For Second-Hand Exposure



by Anthony M. Goldner
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP - Chicago Office

David M. Holmes
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP - Chicago Office

Heather M. Ignoffo
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP - Chicago Office

July 8, 2009

Previously published on June 2009

Second-hand or bystander asbestos exposure litigation has been increasing in Illinois, but a recent Illinois Appellate Court opinion has held that premises defendants cannot be found liable under a second-hand exposure theory.


 

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