Kruse v. Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC

MURDOCK, Justice.

Frank Kruse, administrator ad litem for the estate of Dansby W. Sanders, appeals from a summary judgment entered by the Mobile Circuit Court in favor of R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc., now known as Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC (“Vanderbilt”), in a wrongful-death áction. We reverse and remand.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Dansby' W. Sanders (“Dansby”) was diagnosed with mesothelioma on February 11, 2009; he sued numerous defendants on February 11, 2010, alleging that he had been exposed to asbestos through products manufactured and distributed by those defendants during the…