Defendant: Additional Authority On Asbestos-Maritime Law Not Actual Authority

(September 18, 2023, 1:53 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A widow’s supposed additional authority about whether maritime law permits punitive, survival and loss of consortium damages in an asbestos case relies on a nonbinding ruling citing the very memorandum and order subject to an objection and briefing in the instant case and should not be considered, a company tells a federal judge in Massachusetts....