Mealey's (January 10, 2017, 12:12 PM EST) -- MADISON, Wis. — Workers’ compensation law precludes employees’ tort actions alleging asbestos exposure at home, and claims based on licensing a patent ask a court to completely misapply patent law, two companies told the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 12 (Janet Pecher, et al. v. Owens-Illinois Inc., No. 16‐1799, Dianne Jacobs, et al. v. Rapid American and Weyerhaeuser Co. and Owens-Illinois Inc., No. 16‐2376, Katrina Masephol v. Weyerhaeuser Co., et al., No. 16‐2377, Robert Sydow, et al. v. Owens-Illinois Inc., No. 16-2378, Kathy Boyer v. Owens-Illinois Inc., No. 16‐2379, Janice Seehafer v. Weyerhaeuser Co., et al., No. 16‐2380., 7th Cir.)....