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Connecticut Court Affirms Increased Risk of Contracting Asbestos-Related Disease is Not an Injury

On January 18, 2022, the Connecticut Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s opinion which struck claims of negligence, premises liability and recklessness predicated on increased risk of future harm from asbestos exposure....more

Pennsylvania Court Applies Maritime Bare Metal Test In Favor Of Defendants

On July 7, 2021, U.S. District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno, who oversees the asbestos multi district litigation (MDL 875) in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applied a new standard set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court...more

Fourth Circuit Refuses To Reduce Record-Breaking $32.7 Million Verdict

On August 24, 2020 in Ann Finch v. Covil Corp., 972 F.3d 507 (4th Cir. 2020), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a North Carolina federal district court’s decision, sustaining a $32.7 million verdict in favor of the...more

Illinois Supreme Court Cites Established Precedent In Rejecting Asbestos Civil Conspiracy Claims

The Illinois Supreme Court recently reversed and remanded the appellate court’s ruling in Jones v. Pneumo Abex LLC, Nos. 123895, 124002 cons. (Ill. 2019), holding the Fifth District failed to follow long-standing Illinois...more

Toxic Tort Monitor: Illinois Supreme Court Set To Rule On Asbestos Civil Conspiracy Claim

The Illinois Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Jones v. Pneumo Abex LLC, 2018 IL App (5th) 160239, where Plaintiffs, John and Deborah Jones, sued brake lining company Pneumo Abex (“Abex”) and glass bottle maker...more

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