Carbaugh v. Asbestos Corporation Limited

NEHRING, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

§1 Unlicensed to practice medicine in Utah, Dr. Alvin Schonfeld set up short-term medical clinies in various hostelries in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the purpose of examining persons who suspected that they suffered from asbestos-related diseases. Dr. Schon-feld confirmed the suspicions of forty-seven individuals, whom he diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases. These forty-seven became the plaintiffs in the four cases we have heard together on this appeal. The plaintiffs sued a legion of entities that they believed were legally accountable for their…