Railcar Company, Daughter Battle Over Preemption Of Asbestos Claims

Mealey's (January 22, 2019, 1:00 PM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A railcar company argues in a Jan. 10 memo that federal law preempts claims leading to a $139,500 asbestos verdict against it.  But in a Jan. 21 response, a woman says the court on four other occasions rejected the preemption argument before trial and should not deviate from those rulings now (Nancy Little, et al. v. The Budd Co., No. 16-4170, D. Kan.)....