5th Circuit Finds Navy Ownership Insufficient For Removal Of Asbestos Action

Mealey's (October 21, 2015, 9:45 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Merely demonstrating U.S. Navy ownership of a vessel does not demonstrate that the Navy retained control over daily operations sufficient for removal, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Oct. 19 (William E. Bartel, as personal representative of the estate of Silas B. Bishop v. Alcoa Steamship Company Inc., et al., No. 15-30004, William E. Bartel as personal representative of the estate of Joseph L. Dennis v. American Export Isbrandtsen, et al., No. 15-30005, Lawrence R. Craig v. Rio Grande Transport Inc., et al., No. 15-30032, 5th Cir.)....