Judge: Emails Made Case Removable; Asbestos Disclaimer Keeps It In State Court

(February 7, 2018, 2:08 PM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — Contacts in furtherance of settlements suggesting asbestos exposures aboard U.S. Navy ships are “other paper” that make a case removable, but a woman’s subsequent waiver of such claims warrants remanding the case, a federal judge in Oregon held Feb. 2.  On Feb. 5, the defendants filed an emergency motion to stay remand (Maxine Pelker, et al. v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., et al., No. 17-1107, D. Ore., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17466)....

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