Ky. Federal Judge: Absent Foreign Asbestos Defendant May Be Apportioned Liability

Mealey's (July 13, 2022, 1:55 PM EDT) -- BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Kentucky law permits apportionment of liability to a defendant dismissed on jurisdictional grounds because apportionment acts more as a defense to asbestos claims by the company at trial and does not require entry of judgment against the absent party, a federal judge in the state said July 11....