Brisboy v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corp.

Defendant appeals as of right from a jury verdict finding the defendant’s negligence in failing to warn the plaintiff’s decedent of the danger of working with asbestos products to be the proximate cause of his death. The plaintiff cross-appeals from the trial court’s exclusion of evidence relating to workers’ compensation claims for asbestosis brought against the defendant in California.

Charlotte Rand filed a complaint on October 31, 1979, seeking damages for the wrongful death of her husband, Charles Rand. Plaintiff alleged that her decedent died as a result of lung cancer caused by…