Mesothelioma and Asbestos

In Oxford v. Foster Wheeler LLC , the California Earliest District Court of Appeal recently reversed a judgment for over $1 million against Foster Wheeler, stating that the San Francisco Superior Court jury’s verdicts were inconsistent with the plaintiff’s claims. But the court as well as rejected Foster Wheeler’s claim that complying with U.S. Navy specifications served as a total defense against the claim for negligent failure to warn. 

Calvin Oxford died of mesothelioma in 2005. His widow as well as kids filed suit against Foster Wheeler, the manufacturer of marine boilers that Oxford had worked on during his service with the U.S. Navy as a boiler tender, claiming that the company’s failure to warn him of the health risks associated with the asbestos in the boiler resulted in his disease as well as eventual death.

Based on the Court of Appeal’s ruling, the Oxford family must go back to the trial court as well as existing their claims all over again.

For the filled story, go to Metropolitan News-Enterprise.