Dahlke v. Cascade Acoustics, Inc.

This is a wrongful death action in which plaintiff, the personal representative of decedent’s estate, alleges that defendants FMD Corporation and Drake Management Company are responsible for supplying and installing the asbestos-containing materials that caused decedent’s fatal lung disease. The trial court granted summary judgment to defendants, and plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

We state the relevant facts in the light most favorable to plaintiff. ORCP 47 C. The Donald M. Drake Company was formed in the 1920s and, between 1944 and 1972, operated a construction business under that…