Brenda Ann Schwartz v. Accuratus Corporation(076195)

This matter presents a question of law certified and submitted to this Court by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit pursuant to Rule 2:12A-1. The question relates to this Court’s earlier opinion in Olivo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 186 N.J. 394, 895 A.2d 1143 (2006).

The issue in Olivo was “whether a landowner can be liable for injuries allegedly caused from asbestos exposure experienced by the wife of a worker who had performed welding and steam fitting tasks that brought him into contact with asbestos on the landowner’s premises.” Id. at 398-99, 895 A.2d 1143. Based on the…