2BInformed: Engaging with EPA, OSHA’s New Regulation, and Asbestos
In this asbestos action, plaintiff Michele Salvemini alleges exposure to asbestos while working as a marine engineer and shipyard mechanical worker on various merchant and U.S. Navy ships from 1974 to 2007. During this...more
Jurisdiction: Court of Appeals of Minnesota - Appellant Westrock Minnesota Corporation f/k/a Waldorf Corporation (Waldorf), challenged the district court’s ruling, denying summary judgment on respondent’s asbestos-related...more
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Rhode Island, Providence - Plaintiffs alleged decedent Peter A. Lowe Sr. was exposed to asbestos while employed with his father’s company – Lowe Excavating and Construction – from approximately...more
The Third Circuit recently affirmed entry of summary judgment in favor of General Electric (“GE”) on grounds of derivative sovereign immunity. The Third Circuit found that GE was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity...more
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New York, New York County - Plaintiff Lita Goldstein was diagnosed in March 2022 with mesothelioma. She initiated a suit against several defendants in May 2022, including Kolmar Laboratories...more
The Fourth Circuit recently held that a premises owner in an asbestos case was not liable to a pipefitter based on insufficient evidence of exposure and the independent contractor exception to landowner liability...more