Ford Motor Co. won dismissal of lung cancer claims by the widow of a man allegedly exposed to asbestos while working on car brakes.
Constance Aveni failed to identify the manufacturer of the brakes her husband removed from Ford vehicles, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware ruled (Aveni v. Ford Motor Co., 2017 BL 401215, Del. Super. Ct., No. N14C-06-037, 11/8/17).
Testimony that Vincenzo Aveni changed the brakes on Ford vehicles he purchased new in the 1970s wasn’t enough to show he was exposed to asbestos from Ford products, the court said.
Although all of Ford’s ...
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