With fewer manufacturers and suppliers left solvent in the wake of the massive wave of asbestos suits, premises owners formerly considered “peripheral defendants” have become targets. In this newest front of the ever-changing litigation are “peripheral plaintiffs” — the family members of asbestos workers who claim secondhand exposure to dust carried home on work clothes — going after the companies employing the workers. Since early 2005, several courts have considered whether a premises liability duty exists in these cases where the claimant never set foot on the premises, with varied results.
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