Becker v. Baron Bros.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

CLIFFORD, J.

On the strength of Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp., 90 N.J. 191, 447 A.2d 539 (1982), the Appellate Division ruled that all asbestos products marketed without warnings are defective as a matter of law. It therefore affirmed the judgment of the Law Division, entered on a verdict by a jury that had been instructed that that was the law.

We granted the petitions for certification of defendant General Motors Corp., 134 N.J. 476, 634 A.2d 524 (1993), and of defendant Englewood Brake Company, Inc., — N.J. -,— A.2d(1994), and now reverse.

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