Real-Time Court Decisions and Other Developments in Asbestos Litigation.
The Asbestos Case Tracker has been following developing issues regarding hundreds of asbestos exposure cases involving plaintiffs who worked for W.R. Grace at the Libby, Montana mine and facilities. Recently, a Great Falls, Montana jury awarded $36.5 million dollars to Ralph Hutt, an Oregon man who worked at the Libby mine. Hutt’s matter is a …
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division, March 3, 2022 Plaintiff Jerome Gehant served in the US Navy from 1967 until 1970 on the USS America as a boiler technician. The plaintiff alleges that the insulation, gaskets, insulating cement, and packing on, around, and inside the boilers contained asbestos. He specifically …
Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One, February 22, 2022 The plaintiffs, Raymond Budd and his wife, sued Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (Kaiser) and others for damages, alleging that Kaiser’s joint compound product caused Mr. Budd’s mesothelioma. The plaintiffs sued Kaiser for negligence and strict liability, premised upon failure to warn and defective design theories. …
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, February 15, 2022 In this asbestos action, Carl Gay alleged that he developed mesothelioma after a forty-year career. From 1974 until 1976, Gay worked as a quality control supervisor for engineering company Stone & Webster at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, which was owned and …
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, February 11, 2022 The decedent died of mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos. The decedent’s husband allegedly exposed the decedent by wearing clothing covered in asbestos fibers from his work as a laborer and welder at Avondale. The decedent’s heirs filed suit against several defendants. Avondale asserted a …
In July 2020, we reported on Iowa’s passage of legislation intended to significantly reduce or eliminate the over-naming of defendants in asbestos and silica litigation. Since then, three additional states have enacted similar legislation: West Virginia, North Dakota, and Tennessee. West Virginia On March 31, 2021, the West Virginia legislature passed House Bill 2495. The bill outlines …
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, January 31, 2022 In this matter, plaintiff Michael Moore served in the Navy working as an electronics technician aboard the USS Francis Scott Key from 1965 to 1969. He alleged that he was exposed to asbestos during the construction of the submarine, and sued Electric Boat Corporation, …
Superior Court of Pennsylvania, January 26, 2022 In these asbestos actions, Kelly Smith, the executrix of the estate if Daniel R. Harrity, and Maxine Rosenkeimer, the executrix of the estate of Arthur W. Rosenkeimer, appeal a December 2020 order dismissing all claims and parties and an August 2020 order granting summary judgment to Appellee Vanadium …
U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Asheville Division, January 26, 2022 In this asbestos action, plaintiff Rita W. Barkley alleges that she contracted mesothelioma from laundering her father’s work clothes. Foster Wheeler, the only remaining defendant in this action, moved for summary judgment with respect to all of the plaintiff’s claims, …
Supreme Court of New York, New York County; January 18, 2022 In this matter, the plaintiff filed an asbestos-related personal injury action against defendant American Biltrite alleging that the decedent was exposed to asbestos from working with American Biltrite floor tiles. American Biltrite moved for summary judgment to dismiss the action, and the motion was …