Employer, Amicus Urge Kentucky High Court To Reject Take-Home Asbestos Liability

(August 2, 2024, 8:31 AM EDT) -- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An electric products company told the Kentucky Supreme Court that it owed no duty a woman allegedly exposed to asbestos on her father’s work clothing because such an injury was not foreseeable and that the woman’s own employment with the company precludes a tort action under the state’s workers’ compensation law.  In an amicus brief, various business interests argued that there are sound public policy and scientific grounds to rejecting take-home asbestos liability....