Montaney v. J-M Manufacturing Co.

¶1 The trial court granted summary judgment dismissing Thomas and Maijorie Montaney’s claim against J-M Manufacturing (JMM) arising from Thomas’s exposure to asbestos from pipe JMM sold. At the summary judgment hearing, evidence was presented that (1) Thomas Montaney was repeatedly exposed to asbestos dust while working with asbestos concrete (A/C) pipe between 1972 and 1990; (2) he purchased A/C pipe from a single distributor, Pacific Water Works, into the 1980s; and (3) Pacific carried A/C pipe sold by JMM in 1983 and 1984. This evidence is sufficient for a jury to reasonably infer that…