(February 7, 2017, 1:18 PM EST) -- MADISON, Wis. — Plaintiffs in six asbestos cases asked the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal on Jan. 26 to reinstate their asbestos cases, arguing that negligence law applies to a patent licensor and that take-home exposures do not fall under the state’s workers’ compensation law (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.)....