Jurisdiction Again Found Lacking In NASA Asbestos-Exposure Appeal

Mealey's (August 16, 2019, 1:30 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Voluntary dismissals without prejudice end a case against a defendant and cannot be transformed by later moves under federal rules, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said Aug. 15 in dismissing an appeal of an asbestos case.  But in a concurrence, one of the judges questioned whether it makes sense for the judgment to be final in the district court but not sufficiently final for appellate jurisdiction (Tarsia Williams, et al. v. Lockheed Martin Corp., et al., Nos. 18-31159, 18-31161, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 24367)....