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SAN FRANCISCO –– In its opening brief in the California Supreme Court, asbestos defendant Special Electric has asked the high court to reverse an intermediate appellate ruling that reinstated a $5 million verdict, arguing that the sophisticated user rule should include sophisticated purchasers and intermediaries.


In a brief filed Sept. 10 in California’s highest court, the defendant says that it never had possession of any asbestos and was merely a broker of asbestos fiber from Central Asbestos Company in South Africa to Johns-Manville.


William and Jacqueline Webb filed the lawsuit, seeking damages for William’s mesothelioma. The plaintiffs alleged ...



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