The Tennessee Supreme Court s opinion in
Carolyn Coffman et al v. Armstrong International, Inc., et
al., at least implicitly, recognized a bare metal
defense for the first time under Tennessee law. The Court
addressed the issue of whether, under Tennessee law, equipment
defendants had a duty to warn of the dangers associated with
the post-sale integration of asbestos-containing materials
manufactured and sold by others. The Court held that, under
the Tennessee Products Liability Act (TPLA),
Tenn. Code Ann. §29-28-101 through 108, the equipment
defendants
did not have a duty to warn end users about the
post-sale incorporation of asbestos containing products