Asbestos Plaintiff Tells Court Standing Exists For Declaratory Action

Mealey's (July 16, 2019, 12:11 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO —  A federal court may decide a plaintiff’s declaratory judgment action seeking clarification of which party owns asbestos liabilities because even as a nonparty to the contract, the plaintiff has an interest in the issue and nothing in the case would interfere with state court proceedings, a widow tells the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a July 11 brief  (Deborah Amling, et al v. Harrow Industries LLC, et al., No. 19-1805, 7th Cir.)....

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