Asbestos Cases A–Z: A

164 decisions whose name begins with A.

• AstenJohnson v. Columbia Cas. Co. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2007). After a bench trial, the court ruled for Columbia Casualty and American Insurance and against AstenJohnson: the asbestosis exclusion barred coverage for all asbestos-related claims, laches barred the suit against Columbia, and the 1982 policies carried single aggregate limits with no duty to defend under the excess policies.
• Aston v. Algoma Hardwoods, Inc. (New York Supreme Court, 2018). The court granted Dykes Lumber Company's motion to dismiss the complaint and all cross-claims against it for lack of personal jurisdiction, denied jurisdictional discovery, and severed and dismissed the claims against Dykes.
• Atchinson v. Howmet Aerospace, Inc. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2021). The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Alcoa (Howmet Aerospace) against the estate of Clinton Casey, upheld the denial of certification to the Washington Supreme Court, and denied the renewed certification motion.
• Atchley v. Louisiana Pacific Corp. (Montana Workers' Comp. Court, 2018). The Montana Workers' Compensation Court held Louisiana Pacific Corp. liable to Hazel Atchley for death benefits for her husband's asbestos-related disease, and awarded her costs but denied attorney fees and a penalty.
• Atkinson v. Celotex Corp. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 1994). The court affirmed the jury verdicts and judgment, finding no manifest error or abuse of discretion, so the nine plaintiffs who appealed (or their heirs) and Faye Myers did not get higher damages or a consortium award against Owens-Illinois, Keene and INA.
• Aubin v. Union Carbide Corporation (Florida Supreme Court, 2015). The Florida Supreme Court quashed the Third District's reversal and ordered the jury verdict and judgment for William Aubin against Union Carbide reinstated.
• Aurand v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 2010). The court denied Norfolk Southern Railway's motion for summary judgment based on a release, because material facts about the release's validity were disputed, so Aurand's claim continued.
• Austin v. Abney Mills, Inc. (Louisiana Supreme Court, 2002). The Louisiana Supreme Court reversed the summary judgment that the lower courts had granted to employers International Paper and Arizona Chemical, and remanded for further proceedings, because the employers had not shown Hogue's tort claim accrued only after 1975.
• Austin v. Abney Mills, Inc. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 2001). The appeals court amended the trial court's summary judgment so that it dismissed only Hogue's negligence claims against employers International Paper and Arizona Chemical (which won), and affirmed as amended; his intentional tort claims remain pending.
• Austin v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1981). The court granted Bath Iron Works' motion for summary judgment, dismissing Armstrong Cork's third-party complaint for contribution and indemnity because the LHWCA exclusive liability provision barred it.
• Austin v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. (Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1984). Answering a question certified by the federal district court, the Maine high court held that the comparative negligence statute applies to the strict liability claim against Raybestos-Manhattan, but only to compare the decedent's fault in voluntarily and unreasonably encountering a known danger.
• Austin v. Unarco Industries, Inc. (U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1983). The First Circuit affirmed that admiralty law did not apply, upheld the denial of a new trial on the comparative negligence finding for Raybestos-Manhattan and Unarco, but vacated the dismissal of the plaintiff's Maine strict liability count and remanded for further proceedings.
• Aylward v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (New York Supreme Court, 2022). The court granted the plaintiffs' motion for a joint trial of the Aylward and Serrano asbestos cases against remaining defendant Cleaver-Brooks, over defendants' opposition.
• Ayotte v. Boeing Co. (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2018). The district court denied plaintiff Ayotte's motion to remand, holding that Boeing's federal officer removal was timely, so the case stays in federal court.