( March 12, 2025, 10:20 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — Boilers supplied for use on U.S. Navy vessels were custom built to government specifications, and because they were not commercially available, a judge properly declined to instruct a jury on strict liability, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said March 11 in affirming a judge’s ruling in an asbestos case that ended in a defense verdict....