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Kesner v. Superior Court and Haver v. BNSF Railrods

| November 6, 2016

(Cal., filed in March of 2015): Arguing that the California Supreme Court should reject the theory of take-home exposure in asbestos cases.

Court ruled against ATRA's position

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