Mealey's (March 9, 2023, 3:44 PM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A boiler maker knew that Navy personnel would be exposed to asbestos through the use of products it manufactured, and a trial court improperly allowed it to argue that it acted out of a patriotic duty and the jury to consider whether the U.S. Navy’s conduct was a superseding cause of his injury, a man tells the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in urging reversal of a judgment after a defense verdict and retrial....