Welding rod maker Hobart Brothers convinced an Illinois appeals court to topple a $4.6 million jury award in a welder’s asbestos exposure suit.
The company had no duty to warn that welding rods could release asbestos fibers because it was unknown to the industry at the time, the appeals court ruled.
Welding rod manufacturer had no knowledge in the 1960s that the product could release asbestos fibers, the court said.
Plaintiff Charles McKinney also failed to show that the welding rods were a substantial cause of his mesothelioma, the court said.
Without any idea of the concentration of airborne asbestos ...
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