(August 17, 2016, 1:43 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — Military equipment manufactured and supplied in compliance with military specifications and under “intense supervision” meets the broad standard for federal officer removal, an asbestos defendant told the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 12 (Janya Sawyer, et al. v. Union Carbide Corp., et al., No. 16-118, D. Md.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52750).

(Opening brief available. Document #01-160831-001B.)

Joseph Morris contracted mesothelioma in December 2014 and died three months later.

Janya Sawyer and others filed suit in the Baltimore City Circuit Court...