Case Updates
New Jersey Supreme Court holds that an asbestos manufacturer’s or supplier’s duty to put an adequate warning on an asbestos product may not be discharged by warnings and information provided to the employer intended to reach its employees
June 30, 2022
Click here to view the opinion.
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging New Jersey Supreme Court to uphold appellate court decision allowing jury to consider all warnings provided by a manufacturer when evaluating a duty to warn claim
December 08, 2021
Click here to view the coalition amicus brief. Philip S. Goldberg, Mark A. Behrens, and Cary Silverman of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Case Documents
- Lower Court Opinion -- Fowler v. Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc. (Superior Court of New Jersey).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief -- Fowler v. Union Carbide Corp. (New Jersey Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Fowler v. Union Carbide Corp. (New Jersey Supreme Court).pdf