Judge Concludes Man’s Earlier Asbestosis Makes Mesothelioma Action Untimely

(September 25, 2017, 2:39 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — Medical evidence suggests that a man knew of his asbestosis diagnosis before 2010, triggering the statute of limitations and barring a subsequent mesothelioma claim filed in 2016, a federal judge in Minnesota held Sept. 21 in granting summary judgment to five defendants (Marlin P. Filipek, et al. v. The Boeing Co., et al., No. 16-1998, D. Minn., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 154201)....

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