1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.3d
  4. 151 P.3d
  5. 151 P.3d 1010 (2007)
 

BRAATEN v. SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS

Nos. 57011-1-I, 56614-8-I.

151 P.3d 1010 (2007)

Vernon BRAATEN, Appellant, v. SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS, a Washington Corporation, Bartells Asbestos Settlement Trust, a Washington Corporation; Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Buffalo Forge Company); Crane Co; General Electric Company; Georgia-Pacific Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Bestwall Gympsum Company); Goulds Pumps, Incorporated; Guard-Line, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to De Laval Turbine, Inc. and Warren Pumps, Inc.); Ingersoll Rand Company; John Crane, Inc.; Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.; Sepco Corporation; Tuthill Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Corpus Engineering Corp.); Union Carbide Corporation; and Yarway Corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

January 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Phineas Bergman, David S. Frockt, Ari Y. Brown, Bergman & Frockt PLLC, Brian F. Ladenburg, Glenn S. Draper, Bergman & Frockt, P.S., Seattle, WA, Leann McDonald, Welches, OR, Ladd R. Gibke, Charles S. Siegel, Waters & Kraus LLP, Dallas, TX, for Appellant.

Barry Neal Mesher, Brian David Zeringer, Michael Barr King, Brett Anderson, Lane Powell PC, Kenneth Emil Petty, Margaret A. Sundberg, William Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, James Edward Horne, Michael Edward Ricketts, Robert H. Fulton, Kingman, Peabody, Fitzharris, & Ringer, Katherine M. Steele, J. William Ashbaugh, Karen L. Cobb, Stafford Frey Cooper, Seattle, WA, Robert L. Byer, Nicholas P. Vari, Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Nicholson, Graham, Pittsburgh, PA, for Respondents.

Mark Bradley Tuvim, Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner & Pree, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Ingersoll-Rand and Leslie Controls.

BAKER, J.

¶ 1 Vernon Braaten spent his career as a pipe fitter at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where he was often exposed to asbestos. His job involved tearing into, removing and replacing asbestos insulation used in and on the pumps, valves, and turbines he maintained. He sued the machine manufacturers, claiming that they should have warned about the danger of asbestos inhalation involved with using their products. Braaten first sued in Texas state court...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases