Judge Won’t Reconsider Rail Car Asbestos Pipe Insulation Preemption Ruling

Mealey's (July 9, 2019, 1:18 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — There was no clear error of law in a ruling finding that federal railway law preempted only asbestos claims involving the listed products and did not stretch to insulation on pipes not connected to the locomotive, a federal judge in Pennsylvania said in denying reconsideration on July 3 (Peggy Hassell, et al. v. The Budd Co., et al., No. 09-90863, E.D. Pa.)....