Mavroudis v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp.

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (OCF) appeals the judgment in an asbestos-related product liability and negligence action that was entered following the jury’s findings that OCF provided a product that was not reasonably safe in that adequate warnings of the dangerous aspects of the product were not given, that OCF negligently failed to warn of these dangers, and that OCF thereby proximately caused the plaintiffs decedent, Michael M. Mavroudis, Jr., to contract mesothelioma. OCF contends that the trial court misinstructed the jury by giving a "substantial factor” instruction in place of a…