Asbestos Plaintiffs Allowed To Amend Response To Summary Judgment Motion

Mealey's (August 20, 2018, 3:04 PM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A federal judge in Washington on Aug. 15 gave the family members of a deceased Merchant Marine who allegedly worked with asbestos-containing products until Aug. 24 to file an amended response to a defendant company’s motion for summary judgment that addresses whether the company is the successor to the owner of the vessel where the man worked and if the company actually made products containing asbestos (Eric Klopman-Baerselman, et al. v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., et al., No. 18-cv-05536-RJB, W.D. Wash., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138229)....