Real-Time Court Decisions and Other Developments in Asbestos Litigation.
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Louisville Division Plaintiff Linda Horton filed a civil lawsuit on Nov. 21, 2024 against GE and other defendants in the Jefferson Circuit Court. Plaintiff asserted various Kentucky law claims sounding in strict liability, negligence, and punitive damages. She alleged her decedent, Barney Horton, developed … Continued
Court: Eastern District of Louisiana Plaintiffs Anthony Palermo and Gina Palermo Ventura moved to remand their asbestos case from the Eastern District of Louisiana to Orleans Parish state court. Defendant Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (Avondale) opposed. On September 7, 2022, Brenda Palermo filed suit in the Civil District Court of Orleans Parish. She alleged she was … Continued
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Central District of California Decedent David L. Dunlavey worked as a pipefitter and steamfitter from 1967 to 2006 — including time spent around 1970 working as a pipefitter for University Mechanical and performing work for National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO). His employment required him to handle asbestos-containing … Continued
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana Plaintiffs Claudette Washington Skidmore and Courtney Skidmore Williams brought claims against several defendants after the death of their husband and father, Kurt Lawrence Skidmore. Plaintiffs’ claims relate to defendants’ “mining, processing, manufacturing, installation, maintenance, sale, distribution, and/or use of asbestos and asbestos-containing products”. Plaintiffs … Continued
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Plaintiff Wilson Goffner, Sr. was diagnosed with malignant lung cancer in March 2020following his employment at the Avondale shipyard in the late 1960s and 1970s. In February 2021, the plaintiff filed a petition for damages in the Civil District Court for the Parish of New Orleans, … Continued
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; September 18, 2023 Plaintiff Ann Greenberg’s asbestos-related lawsuit against defendants Johnson & Johnson and Kolmar Laboratories asserts that she contracted an asbestos-related disease from her use of Johnson’s Baby Powder, whichshe alleged contained asbestos-contaminated talc. Johnson & Johnson filed a motion to remove … Continued
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; April 28, 2023 This asbestos-related action was brought by plaintiff Carolyn Keiser on behalf of herself and as the executor of her husband, decedent David Keiser’s estate. The decedent was diagnosed with mesothelioma, which the plaintiff alleges was caused by his occupational exposure to … Continued
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana As previously reported on Asbestos Case Tracker, this matter involves Plaintiff Frank P. Ragusa, who filed an action against various defendants in state court alleging occupational asbestos exposure at the Avondale Shipyards, among other facilities, where he worked as a crane operator from 1973 through 2017. … Continued
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana This is an asbestos-related lawsuit claiming that Shelton Boutte contracted lung cancer from alleged exposure to asbestos during his career as a rigger at the Avondale Shipyard from 1973 to 1975. Plaintiffs bring this lawsuit against defendant, Huntington Ingalls, as successor in interest and … Continued
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California In this asbestos action, plaintiff Gary Haeck sued several defendants for causes of action in strict products liability, negligence, fraud, and loss of consortium, including five entities that are California citizens. Haeck moved for an expedited trial, which the court granted for December 2022. … Continued