In Re Certified Question From 14th Dist. Court of Appeals of Texas

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• holding that before a duty can be imposed there must be a relationship between the parties and the harm must have been foreseeable
• explaining that it is unnecessary to consider the additional factors when only a limited relationship exists
• finding the harm was not foreseeable because from “1954 to 1965 ... we did not know what we know today about' the hazards of asbestos”
• characterizing the connection between the decedent and the defendant manufacturer as “highly tenuous” because she was separated from the manufacturer by several intermediate relationships
• characterizing the connection between the decedent and the manufacturer as “highly tenuous” because she was separated from the manufacturer by several intermediate relationships
• answering certified question in negative; holding employer/property owner owed no duty of care to relative who never entered onto employer’s property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).