Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp.

Opinion

ARMSTRONG, J.

Defendant and appellant Union Carbide Corporation appeals from the judgment entered against it and in favor of plaintiffs and respondents Larry R. Stewart and Janet Stewart, on the Stewarts’ complaint. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Summary

Larry Stewart worked as a plumber, or plumber’s apprentice, from 1968 until his diagnosis with mesothelioma in 2007. After his diagnosis, he sued Union Carbide (and others, who settled prior to trial) for fraud, negligence, and strict products liability on failure to warn and design defect theories. Janet Stewart, Larry Stewart’s wife,…