In Kesner v. Superior Court (2016) 1 Cal.5th 1132, the Supreme Court held that an employer owes a duty of care to only the members of the employee’s household to avoid secondary exposure to asbestos. This decision holds that the same household limitation does not restrict a manufacturer’s strict liability for design defects or failures to warn regarding its asbestos-containing products. Thus, plaintiff, who worked for water companies repairing or working on asbestos-cement pipe manufactured by defendant, could recover from defendant in strict liability for defective design of the pipe under the consumer expectation test and for failure to warn pipe purchasers about the dangers the pipes posed.