3rd Circuit Won’t Rehear Asbestos-Tainted Railway Car Preemption Case

Mealey's (June 23, 2016, 1:04 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 22 declined to rehear a panel ruling that federal regulations governing locomotives did not preempt asbestos claims arising from passenger cars (Peggy R. Hassell, et al. v. Resco Holdings LLC; and ACF Industries LLC, and Thyssenkrupp Budd Co., No. 14-1715, 14-1804, 3rd Cir.)....