Finding That Bankruptcy Asset Sale Bars Take-Home Asbestos Case Stands

Mealey's (September 12, 2017, 12:57 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Sept. 8 declined to review an appellate court’s rejection of a widower’s attempt to hold a company liable for his wife’s death from mesothelioma and finding that the company’s “free and clear” purchase of assets in a bankruptcy court auction barred his take-home asbestos exposure claims (Jacqueline S. Wagner, et al. v. Standard Steel LLC, et al., No. 80 EAL 2017, Pa. Sup.)....