In the Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation. Doris Kay Dummitt

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed that Crane Co. owed a duty to warn of the hazards arising from the foreseeable combined use of its valves with third‑party asbestos‑containing components that were necessary for the valves to function, and held that the trial court's errors in jury instructions and evidentiary rulings were harmless. Justice Garcia, in a concurring opinion, agreed on liability but criticized the breadth of the majority's duty‑to‑warn test.