Widow: Asbestos Company’s Jurisdiction Arguments Produce ‘Absurd’ Results

(April 27, 2017, 1:44 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A chemical company sued over its past asbestos dealings argues for a jurisdictional doctrine that would create an explosion of asbestos litigation and effectively leave it open to suit only in the state where it is incorporated, an “absurd” result, a widow told the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals April 26 (James John Waite Jr. and Sandra Waite v. AII Acquisition Corp., et al., No. 16-15569, 11th Cir.)....

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