Richoux v. Armstrong Cork Corp.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge.

A widow sued several manufacturers of asbestos products alleging that her husband’s death resulted from exposure to their products. The district court granted summary judgment dismissing the claim against a particular manufacturer because the plaintiff had not introduced facts tending directly to establish her husband’s exposure to the defendant’s product. We reverse because the plaintiff proffered sufficient evidence from which causation could be inferred.

■ In June 1980, Doris Richoux brought this suit alleging that her husband, Paul, had been employed as a…