The widow of a man who died of mesothelioma in 2015 has won a $5.13 million verdict in Anderson County, his attorney reported. Tommy Glenn was an instrument technician at five separate Duke Energy facilities beginning in the 1970s ...
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Read More »Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-142-17, 19 pp.) (Niemeyer, J.) No. 16-1530, June 22, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Blake, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A boiler manufacturer’s claim that it had government-contractor immunity from a lawsuit filed ...
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U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina recently backtracked on an earlier decision granting a defendant parts manufacturer summary judgment in an asbestos products liability case, after learning of an intervening change in controlling law that took place ...
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Read More »Sparkman v. Goulds Pumps, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-036-15, 7 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:12-cv-02957; D.S.C. Holding: Upon consideration of a recent decision by the Administrative Judge for asbestos litigation in the Circuit Courts for the State of South Carolina, ...
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Read More »Tort/Negligence – ‘Strategic’ Removal Waived Federal Defense in Products Liability Case Wood v. Crane Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-164-14, 25 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 13 -1868, Aug. 15, 2014; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Blake, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In plaintiff’s ...
Read More »Barlow v. Colgate Palmolive Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-0426, 61 pp.) (Davis, J.) No. 13-1839, April 30, 2014; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Nickerson, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Colgate Palmolive, defending a suit alleging harm from asbestos in their “Cashmere Bouquet” ...
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A jury in Richland County has handed a $38 million award – one of the largest in recent state history – to a 74-year-old man who claimed that workplace asbestos exposure left him with a rare and potentially fatal form of cancer.
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Read More »A Little River man and his company have been indicted for violating the federal Clean Air Act for allegedly releasing asbestos during a condominium renovation in Myrtle Beach.
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