3rd Circuit: Jurisdiction Exists In Decades-Old Merchant Marine Asbestos Cases

Mealey's (April 10, 2019, 2:01 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Ship owners implicitly waived jurisdictional defenses decades ago in merchant marine asbestos cases by not clearly voicing their arguments, a divided Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held April 9 (William D. Schroeder, et al. v. Charles Kurz & Co. Inc., No. 17-3471, 3rd Cir.)....

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