Judge:  Harbor Workers’ Statute Doesn’t Preempt Take-Home Asbestos Claims

Mealey's (April 6, 2022, 2:12 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act bars a man’s employment-based asbestos claims, but not household exposure claims that allegedly occurred when his brother wore his work clothing home from the same employer, a federal judge in Louisiana said April 4 in partially granting a shipyard summary judgment....