Judge: Failure-To-Warn Asbestos Claims Survive Government Contractor Immunity

Mealey's (November 24, 2021, 1:56 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — Nothing in Navy or Coast Guard contracts prevented a shipyard from warning employees about the dangers of asbestos, a federal judge in Louisiana said in one of a trio of Nov. 22 opinions in finding take-home exposure plaintiffs’ failure-to-warn claims not barred by government contractor immunity....