Former paper worker can sue over wife's death, court rules
...The ruling sets a precedent, said Rochon's lawyer, Matthew Bergman of Seattle.
"We won the right to present the case to a jury," Bergman said. "For the first time a Washington court says an employer has a duty to protect family members from asbestos on workers' clothes."
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. has since purchased Scott Paper Co.