5th Circuit Finds Shipyard Asbestos Negligence Claims Escape Removal

Mealey's (March 20, 2018, 10:57 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — While the U.S. Navy mandated the use of asbestos on its ships, the record shows that nothing prevented the shipyard from taking safety precautions that could have allegedly prevented exposures, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held March 16 in affirming remand of a negligence case (Stephen R. Legendre, et al. v. Huntington Ingalls Inc., et al., No. 17-30371, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 6658)....