Generally, absent extraordinary circumstances, California only imposes liability on suppliers of raw materials under negligence and strict liability causes of action in asbestos cases. The reasoning is that asbestos is inherently dangerous. In Maxton v. Western Metal States B227000 (2nd Dist., Feb. 1, 2012), the plaintiff filed suit for personal injuries he sustained as a result of working with metal products manufactured by defendants. The products consisted of steel and aluminum ingots, sheets, rolls, tubes and the like. He pursued claims of (1) negligence, (2) strict liability – failure to warn, (3) strict liability – design defect, (4) fraudulent concealment, and (5) breach of implied warranties. In affirming the sustaining of defendants’ demurrers, the Court of Appeal declined to extend the holdings of the asbestos cases because the metal products involved – raw materials – “were not inherently dangerous,” and no other circumstances justified imposition of liability. Maxton v. Western Metal States B227000 (2nd Dist., Feb. 1, 2012)