Celotex Corp. v. Tate

OPINION

KEYS, Justice.

Appeal is taken from the jury trial of a toxic tort case. Appellees, the heirs of James Tate’s estate, brought suit against defendants Union Carbide, George Rowley, Inc., Celotex Corp. and others. Appellees alleged that each of the defendants sold or supplied raw asbestos to Tate’s employer and that the defendants’ failure to warn of the dangers involved in handling asbestos resulted in Tate’s unsafe exposure, proximately causing his death. Before trial, all defendants, except the three mentioned above, were released by appellees. During trial, Union Carbide settled for…