Margaret Rublee, Et Ano. v. Carrier Corp.

¶1 Margaret Rublee appeals the summary judgment dismissal of her wrongful death action against Pfizer Inc. She seeks to impose liability on Pfizer as an “apparent manufacturer” under Restatement (Second) of Torts § 400 (Am. Law Inst. 1965) (§ 400), claiming that Pfizer represented itself as a manufacturer of products that caused her husband’s mesothelioma. Because Rublee’s evidence does not create a genuine issue of material fact about Pfizer’s status as an apparent manufacturer, we affirm.

FACTS

¶2 Vernon Rublee died of mesothelioma in 2015. His wife, appellant Margaret Rublee, survives him.

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