Magistrate Judge: Bare Metal Defense Frees 5 Companies From Asbestos Case

(September 6, 2017, 2:09 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A couple produces some evidence of exposure to products from named defendants but no evidence the products contained asbestos or that the work in question released asbestos, a federal magistrate judge in Delaware held Aug. 31 in applying the bare metal defense and recommending summary judgment for five companies (In re: Asbestos Litigation, Marilyn Charlevoix, et al. v. CBS Corp., et al., No. 15-726, D. Del., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140328)....

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