Former paper worker can sue over wife’s death, court rules

August 27, 2007

…The ruling sets a precedent, said Rochon’s lawyer, Matthew Bergman of Seattle.

“We won the right to present the case to a jury,” Bergman said. “For the first time a Washington court says an employer has a duty to protect family members from asbestos on workers’ clothes.”

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. has since purchased Scott Paper Co.

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