Incurable silicosis cost a countertop cutter his lungs. Are these companies at fault?
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A Los Angeles County case poses a test of whether companies that make engineered stone can be successfully sued amid the devastating rise of silicosis, which has killed more than a dozen countertop cutters across California in recent years.