A Pennsylvania federal judge has concluded that The Boeing Co. owed no duty to warn or protect the spouse of a worker for “take-home exposure” to asbestos fibers that were carried home from the workplace, ruling that the plaintiff failed to state a claim under Pennsylvania law.
The case, Gillen v. The Boeing Co., raised an unaddressed issue in Pennsylvania law, wrote Judge Edwardo Robreno of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in his memorandum outlining the court’s reasons for granting Boeing’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s claim for take-home exposure.
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