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Toxic Tort Monitor: Proximate Cause Jury Instruction Further Clarified by Washington Appellate Court
By Andrew German on August 20, 2020
Posted in Legislative & Judicial Updates, Toxic Tort Monitor, Toxic Torts

Proximate cause jury instruction was further clarified by a Washington appellate court when the court reversed the asbestos defense verdict in Clevenger v. John Crane, Inc. In the case, plaintiff Era Clevenger alleged that her deceased husband’s forty-year history of occupational exposure to asbestos (in the Navy, as a city water department mechanic, and as a pipefitter) resulted in his death. Click here to read more from Husch Blackwell.