Court Reverses Asbestos Ruling Subjecting Company To Louisiana Jurisdiction

(November 20, 2019, 9:58 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A ruling denying an exception to jurisdiction is not appealable, a Louisiana appeals court panel said Nov. 15, but exercising its supervisory jurisdiction powers, the panel said there was no way to impute an employer’s asbestos liability for conduct in the state on a successor (Daniel E. Bannister v. SFB Companies Inc. of Delaware, et al., Nos. 2019 CW 0079, 2019 CA 0367, La. App., 1st Cir., 2019 La. App. LEXIS 2061)....

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