Miller v. American Art Clay Co.

OPINION and ORDER

JAMES D. PETERSON, District Judge.

Don Peter Miller was an artist and art professor who worked in various media over a long career. From the late 1970s until his retirement in 1996, Miller worked in clay, primarily in a studio in the basement of his home. It was often dusty work, particularly when Miller mixed dry clay or when he drilled and sanded his pieces after they had been fired. Miller was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a fatal asbestos-caused illness, in April 2012.

Miller and his wife, Jane, sued six defendants alleging that they made asbestos-containing products to…