Real-Time Court Decisions and Other Developments in Asbestos Litigation.
Court of Appeals of South Carolina, September 1, 2021 The plaintiffs filed this action against numerous defendants, including Fisher Controls International LLC and Crosby Valve, LLC, alleging that the husband plaintiff was exposed to asbestos emanating from the defendants’ products. The plaintiffs alleged, inter alia, that (1) the defendants were strictly liable for the harm …
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, September 3, 2021 Plaintiff John Rathbun was diagnosed with terminal mesothelioma on July 8, 2020, and on December 22, 2020, he and his wife filed suit in state court, asserting claims for negligence, strict liability, negligent misrepresentation, fraud by nondisclosure, and loss of consortium. On April …
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, August 26, 2021 In this asbestos action, decedent Salvador Pennino alleged asbestos exposure from working at the Avondale Shipyards. A fact witness deposition took place on January 20, 2021, during which the deponent testified that he observed the decedent hanging ductwork on Lykes Lines vessels. Defendants …
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, August 13, 2021 The plaintiffs, Lee Kallsen and his wife, Mary Lou, filed a complaint in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas against various defendants alleging Mr. Kallsen was exposed to the defendants’ asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, which caused him to develop mesothelioma. …
Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, August 12, 2021 In this matter, Steven “Joe” Aaron Sr. alleged causes of action of negligence and strict liability against defendant Ford. Aaron alleged exposure from asbestos-containing brakes and clutches associated with Ford vehicles while working as a gas station and school bus mechanic in the …
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit, August 11, 2021 From 1953 to 1954, the decedent, Charles Hayes, was employed as a laborer and assistant operator at a variety of plants in Louisiana. In 2017, Hayes and his family filed suit against multiple defendants, alleging that Hayes was exposed to asbestos while working with insulation, …
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, August 9, 2021 On June 1, 2021, David and Linda Welch filed claims in King County Superior Court against various defendants who are allegedly responsible for mining, manufacturing, and/or installing the asbestos that has caused David’s newly diagnosed pleural mesothelioma. The plaintiffs moved for an expedited …
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, August 9, 2021 The plaintiff alleged that the decedent, Eugene Paroni was exposed to asbestos while working at various jobsites from the 1960s through the 1980s. Paroni specifically alleged that one of the sources of his alleged exposure was from a “Ruston TA-1500” turbine that …
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, August 5, 2021 Decedent John Dale Wineland, who developed mesothelioma and subsequently died, worked aboard Navy ships and in Navy offices between 1963 and 1984. The plaintiffs allege that the decedent was exposed to asbestos contained in Cleaver-Brooks products while aboard the USS Tuscaloosa, where he …
Supreme Court of Utah, August 5, 2021 Larry Boynton brought this suit on behalf of his deceased wife, Barbara Boynton, alleging that her indirect exposure to asbestos from Larry’s job sites in the 1960s and 1970s, through asbestos dust left in the family car and Barbara’s laundering of Larry’s work clothes, caused her mesothelioma and …