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1988 REVIEW DENIED Raw asbestos has a design, and suppliers of raw asbestos may be held strictly liable on a design defect theory of products liability; when an injury is caused by more than one defective product, a Proposition 51 apportionment should be made as to the percentage that each product was responsible for the injury, and all members of the chain of distribution of each product should be held jointly and severally liable for the percentage of responsibility allocated to that product.CitationARENA v OWENS CORNING (Multiple Asbestos) 63 CA4 1178 [See: CivC 1431.2; Barker v Lull 20 C3 413; Soule v GM 8 C4 548, T/AT 11/94; Anderson v Owens 53 C3 987; Buttram v Owens 16 C4 520, T/AT 9/97; Wimberly v Derby 56 CA4 618, T/AT 8/97; Morton v Owens 33 CA4 1529, T/AT 5/95; Sparks v Owens 32 CA4 461, T/AT 3/95; Jenkins v T&N 45 CA4 1224, T/AT 7/96; Weidenfeller v Star & Garter 1 CA4 1; Safeway Stores v Nest-Kart 21 C3 322]
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