Perman v. C. H. Murphy/Clark-Ullman, Inc.

Plaintiff, personally and as the personal representative of the estate of Donald Perman, 1 appeals, challenging the trial court’s allowance of summary judgment in favor of defendant, Quimby Welding Supplies, Inc., 2 on claims arising out of decedent’s alleged exposure to asbestos while working as a welder and sheet metal mechanic at American Sheet Metal (ASM) in Tualatin between 1966 and 1978. The trial court granted summary judgment, based on its determination that plaintiff had failed to present evidence sufficient to permit a reasonable trier of fact to find that defendant had supplied…