Judge Denies Appeal, Affirms Decision Keeping Railcar Company In Asbestos Case

(October 19, 2018, 2:42 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Precedent supports the conclusion that a woman’s state law asbestos action falls outside the preemptive powers of railroad safety laws, and nothing in the legal landscape requires granting immediate appeal, a federal judge in Kansas said Oct. 18 in declining to amend his ruling or grant interlocutory appeal (Nancy Little, et al. v. The Budd Co., No. 16-4170, D. Kan.)....

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