7th Circuit Finds Judgment Mooted Employer’s Environmental Asbestos Claims Appeal

Mealey's (January 10, 2019, 2:19 PM EST) -- MADISON, Wis. — An asbestos defendant’s success at summary judgment moots its appeals of previous rulings that found that environmental exposure claims fell outside Wisconsin’s statutory immunity for employers, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Jan. 8 (Pamela Kilty, et al. v. Weyerhaeuser Co., et al., No. 18-1974, Scott Spatz, et al. v. Weyerhaeuser Co., et al., No. 18-1975, 7th Cir.)....