Federal Judge Says Iowa Likely Abandoned Sole Proximate Cause

Mealey's (April 26, 2021, 9:40 AM EDT) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — Iowa likely adopted the scope of liability analysis in the Restatement (Third) of Torts and abandoned the sole proximate cause standard, but in any case questions remain about whether a product manufacturer can be liable for a woman’s asbestos exposure and resulting mesothelioma, a federal judge in North Carolina said April 15....