Rail Car Pipe Insulation Asbestos Claims Survive Preemption, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (January 17, 2018, 12:28 PM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Claims of asbestos exposure from pipe insulation aboard railway passenger cars do not clearly implicate federal statutes governing locomotives or safety appliances and avoid preemption, a federal judge in Kansas held Jan. 12 (Nancy Little, et al. v. The Budd Co., No. 16-4170, D. Kan., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5794)....