School District of Independence, No. 30 v. U.S. Gypsum Co.

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• upholding jury verdict awarding the plaintiffs damages for costs of replacing asbestos ceiling tile and other property due to contamination of the buildings by asbestos under a theory of strict product liability
• \No Missouri case has permitted submission of punitive damage claim in a strict products liability case on the theory that the defendant should have known of a dangerous defect in its product\
• “To make a submissible case for punitive damages, the School District was required to produce evidence that USG had actual knowledge of the product Audicote’s propensity to release asbestos fibers”
• “Even assuming there was no such linking evidence [to the defendant’s product], the [custodian] evidence was admissible ... to show the nature and seriousness of the harm posed by asbestos contamination in the Independence schools”
• duty to prevent contamination by asbestos

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