Court Rejects Scientific Theory in Asbestos Litigation; Betz/Simikian v....
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the trial court was correct in granting the defendants’ motion to prevent a plaintiff’s expert from testifying in an asbestos case. In this case, the...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Returns Asbestos Litigation to Mississippi Court;...
In 2002, the Illinois Central Railroad was sued in the State of Mississippi where plaintiff Walter Fennell lived. The lawsuit alleged that he and others were exposed to asbestos when working for the...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirms Cook County Summary Judgment Order that...
Illinois Tool Works purchased commercial liability policies many years ago from Travelers Casualty Surety Co. and Century Indemnity Co. They were purchased by Illinois Tool Works for the years 1971...
View ArticleU.S. District Court Dismisses Asbestos Claim Because of the “Bare Metal” Defense
In a U.S. District Court in South Carolina, a federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant Crane Co. in an asbestos claim. The family of Thomas C. Dandridge, now deceased, brought a...
View ArticleDiesel Exhaust Contributes to Lung Cancer Deaths
In a recent workers’ compensation case, a bus mechanic who was diagnosed with lung cancer was told his illness was caused by exposure to diesel exhaust. The ruling in that case sent alarms out that the...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Reverses Product-Liability Judgment of $245,000
Joseph Sondag was alleged in this lawsuit to have been exposed to asbestos dust from drywall tape manufactured by Tremco when he worked as a plasterer from 1957 to 1983. In 2007, he was diagnosed with...
View ArticleU.S. District Court Judge Takes Narrow Reading of ‘Take Home’ Mesothelioma...
Doris Neumann sued multiple companies, including MW Custom Papers LLC, a manufacturer of friction tape containing high levels of asbestos. In her lawsuit, she claimed she developed mesothelioma caused...
View Article$5.8 Million Verdict Affirmed in Asbestos-Causing Mesothelioma Wrongful Death
A jury found that the mesothelioma contracted by James Lester Phillips was caused in part by exposure to asbestos contained in Bendix brakes. In an appeal, Honeywell challenged the $5.8 million awarded...
View ArticleAsbestos Exposure Case Results in $8.8 Million Jury Verdict
Billy Dickson was an engineer for Bell Helicopter Textron’s plant in Hurst, Texas. He held this position for the better part of 38 years. From 1962 to the late 1970s, he was exposed to asbestos through...
View ArticleAppellate Court Reverses Dismissal on Summary Judgment Motion of Asbestos...
Keith Turley and his wife Joy Ann Turley filed a complaint in 2015 against some 50 defendants. The complaint alleged that Turley has asbestos-related disease caused by exposure to asbestos-containing...
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