Yankee v. Apv North America, Inc.

f In Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings, 165 Wn.2d 373, 380, 198 P.3d 493 (2008), the Washington Supreme Court held that a manufacturer has no duty under products liability or negligence principles to warn of the exposure to asbestos-containing replacement parts that it did not manufacture, sell, or supply. Sandra Yankee, individually and as the personal representative of the estate of Dennis Yankee (Yankee); and Renata Needles, individually and as the personal representative of the estate of her father, Witold Siemieniec (Siemieniec), both filed lawsuits against a number of manufacturers,…