Former Serviceman, Pump, Valve Makers File Pretrial Briefs

Mealey's (June 21, 2019, 1:51 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — In pretrial memorandums, two remaining defendants tell a federal judge in Pennsylvania that there is no evidence of exposure from their products and place the blame on the plaintiff’s cigarette use.  But in his own brief filed June 17, the man says repeated asbestos exposures while serving in engines rooms led to his disease (Robert Hedrick, et al. v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., et al., No. MDL 875, 16-476, E.D. Pa.)....