Law Firms Mentioned:Perkins Coie | Waters, Kraus, Paul & Siegel | Weinstein Caggiano | Winston & Strawn
Organizations Mentioned:Cadence Aerospace Giddens Operations | Exotic Metals Forming Co. LLC | Giddens Industries, Inc. | Hytek Finishes Co. | Newco Columbia Distribution Co. | Newco, Inc. | Perkins Coie, LLP | The Boeing Co. | The Boeing Company | Winston & Strawn, LLP
“If Boeing’s conduct involves an unreasonable risk of injury to workers’ children, the timeline bears little import to the existence of a duty.”
Rejecting Boeing’s arguments to the contrary in a case brought by the wife of a former manufacturing plant employee on behalf of their son, who was born with significant birth defects allegedly due to the employee’s exposure to hazardous materials at work, a Washington state appeals court held that an employer, subject to foreseeability limitations, “may be liable for negligence towards an employee’s not yet conceived offspring.” Further, said the court, the exclusivity provision of the Washington Industrial Insurance Act (IIA) does not bar the child’s claim when “the not yet conceived offspring of the employee suffers a separate and distinct injury, even though causally connected to the employee’s employment” (Bauer v. The Boeing Co., No. 87593-1-1 (Wash. App. May 18, 2026)).
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