Asbestos Defendants Take Maritime Bare-Metal Case To Supreme Court

Mealey's (February 27, 2018, 12:24 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals conjured a foreseeability standard for the bare-metal defense from thin air, furthering cementing a circuit split on the issue of negligence liability for third-party parts and warranting review, companies told the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 31 (Air and Liquid Systems Corp, et al. v. Roberta G. DeVries, et al., Ingersoll Rand Co. v. Shirley McAfee, et al., No. 17-1104, U.S. Sup.)....

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