Kurrack v. American District Telegraph Co.

Plaintiff, Jane Kurrack, individually and as administrator of the estate of her late husband, John Kurrack (Kurrack), appeals after a jury entered a verdict in favor of defendant, American District Telegraph Company (ADT), in a negligence and strict product liability action related to asbestos exposure.

The pertinent facts are as follows.

John Kurrack was born in 1923. In 1953 he began working in a jewelry store owned by Charles Kolb, a distant relative. In 1958, upon Kolb’s death, Kurrack purchased the jewelry store and operated it until his own death in August 1985.

Kurrack, who was a…