... Lillian Riedel brought a negligence action in the Superior Court, alleging that her husband's
employer of nearly thirty years, ICI Americas, Inc., failed to prevent her husband from taking
asbestos home on his clothing and failed to warn her of the dangers of asbestos exposure. ...
... Those friction products contained chrysotile, one of three forms of commercially used asbestos. ...
First, they claim that chrysotile asbestos, generally, is far less toxic than other forms of asbestos.
Second, in manufacturing friction products, the chrysotile fibers are heated and milled. ...