McKenzie v. A. W. Chesterson Co.

NAKAMOTO, J. pro tempore

Plaintiff appeals in this product liability civil action resolved by summary judgment in favor of defendant Warren Pumps, LLC. Plaintiffs late husband, Paul McKenzie, served on two aircraft carriers during his naval career, working on and around various pumps that defendant had manufactured and sold to the United States Navy in the 1940s. In claims for strict product liability, negligence, and loss of consortium brought against defendant, plaintiff alleged that her husband had developed mesothelioma after his exposure to asbestos-containing replacement gaskets,…