Court Opinion

ID: 9746327
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 14:12:15.145483+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:12.179169
License: Public Domain

McDERMOTT, Justice,
concurring.
The Majority Opinion stands for a single proposition, i.e., under the facts and circumstances of this case there was not enough evidence to submit the issue of apportionment to the jury. With this I can agree.
However, this case should not be construed as standing for the proposition that evidence of contributory negligence is inadmissible in an asbestosis case. Furthermore, it should not be interpreted as precluding the defendants in this case from introducing new evidence of decedent’s negligence, nor precluding a jury from returning a lesser verdict if the evidence would support such.