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Manufacturers Asbestos Litigation Motion for Summary Judgment

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Motion for Summary Judgment of Valve Manufacturer Denied

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Plaintiff-Decedent John Gonder alleged exposure to asbestos during his employment as a Con Edison inspector between the 1970s and 1990s. He died in May 2021 at 86 years old from lung cancer. Defendant Jenkins Bros. filed a...more

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Pipe Manufacturer Denied Summary Judgment in NYCAL

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Supreme Court of New York, New York County - In this asbestos action, decedent Rudolf Horvath alleged that he was exposed to asbestos from Bondstrand pipes manufactured by the defendant, Ameron International. Ameron moved...more

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Printing Press Manufacturer’s Motion for Summary Judgment Denied

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Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County Plaintiff Jean Castagna filed suit against a number of defendants, including Komori America Corporation, alleging exposure to asbestos during his employment with Martin...more

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Questions of Fact Split Summary Judgment for Valve Defendants

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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington - In this asbestos action, the plaintiff alleges that decedent David Welch’s mesothelioma was caused by his exposure to asbestos from his service in the U.S. Navy...more

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Asbestos Supplier’s Motion for Summary Judgment Denied on Causation Grounds

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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania - The plaintiff’s decedent, Alfred Broderick, was allegedly diagnosed with asbestosis in March 2018, which he claimed was caused by exposure to asbestos. Mr....more

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Gasket Manufacturer’s Motion for Summary Judgment Denied in Take Home Exposure Case

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Plaintiff Edith Niedert alleged that she developed lung cancer as a result of her exposure to asbestos from laundering the clothing of her husband, Paul Niedert. From 1956 to 1993, Mr. Niedert was employed as a plumber and...more

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Floor Tile Manufacturer’s Motion for Summary Judgment Denied

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Plaintiff Paul M. Moutal was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 1999 and alleged that his lung cancer resulted from exposure to asbestos from his time as a handyman, laborer, and carpenter in the 1960s and 1970s. During...more

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Denial of Floor Tile Manufacturer’s Motion for Summary Judgment

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From 1964 to the early 1970s, the plaintiff worked as a carpenter with his brother-in-law and the Carpenter’s Union, Local 257.  From 1969 to his retirement in 2007, he worked as a carpenter at commercial and residential...more

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Dead Men Do Tell Tales: Pennsylvania Permits Decedent Depositions to Sink Summary Judgment

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“Dead Men Tell No Tales” – Captain Jack Sparrow, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” [Not True: Actually from a poem by the same name by Heniel Long (1888-1956) as found in Modern American Poetry, Untermeyer,...more

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