The idea of opening up premises’ liability in Arizona to companies like Alcoa for secondary, off-site toxic exposures was met with skepticism by a state appeals court (Quiroz v. Alcoa, Ariz. Ct. App., 15-0083, oral argument 6/15/16).
The appeals court is being asked whether an employer should be liable for the death of a child allegedly exposed to asbestos brought home on his father’s work clothes.
“It sounds like you’re arguing for a secondary exposure duty regardless of the hazardous substance, and that’s pretty broad,” Judge Peter B. Swann of the Arizona Court of Appeals told an ...
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