Judge: Premises Owner Had Duty To Prevent Deli Worker’s Asbestos Exposure

Mealey's (May 13, 2020, 11:58 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Precedent means the state would likely impose a duty on a facility owner to prevent its workers from carrying asbestos dust off premises and exposing a deli worker, a federal judge in Louisiana said May 8 in permitting a negligence action to proceed (Jesse Hernandez v. Huntington Ingalls Inc., et al., No. 19-14685, E.D. La., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81237)....