Asbestos Cases A–Z: L

193 decisions whose name begins with L.

• La Placita Partners v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1990). The court granted summary judgment to Northwestern Mutual Life (NML) and dismissed La Placita Partners' fraud, contract and related claims over undisclosed asbestos in a purchased office/retail complex.
• Labarre v. Bienville Auto Parts Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2022). The court granted Bienville Auto Parts' summary judgment motion on the strict liability "professional vendor" claim, but denied it on the negligence claim against Bienville as a non-manufacturer seller and on its sophisticated-user defense, so plaintiff Birdsall kept those claims.
• Labarre v. Bienville Auto Parts, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2021). The district court denied plaintiff Karen Birdsall's motion to remand, holding that Avondale (Huntington Ingalls) timely removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute, so the case stays in federal court.
• LaBounty v. Coughlin (U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1998). The Second Circuit vacated summary judgment for the prison officials on both the drinking water claim and the asbestos claim (which had been decided on qualified immunity) and remanded to the district court, a win for inmate LaBounty.
• Lac D'Amiante Du Quebec v. Am. Home Assur. Co. (U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1985). The court granted summary judgment to plaintiff Lac d'Amiante du Quebec and denied the cross-motions of insurers American Home, Highlands and Midland, holding their policies were triggered under the continuous (Keene) theory and each triggered insurer was fully liable for indemnity and defense costs.
• Lac D'Amiante du Quebec v. American Home Assur. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1988). The Third Circuit vacated the district court's judgment against insurer Midland Insurance Co. and remanded with directions to dismiss, holding the district court should have abstained in favor of New York's liquidation proceeding; Lac D'Amiante du Quebec lost its federal judgment.
• Lafayette v. General Dynamics Corp. (Connecticut Supreme Court, 2001). The Connecticut Supreme Court reversed the workers' compensation review board and held that collateral estoppel barred Electric Boat from relitigating causation of the decedent's death, so the widow Kathryn Lafayette prevailed and the case was remanded to the commissioner.
• LaFever v. Ford Motor Company (Illinois Appellate Court, 3rd District, 2023). The appellate court affirmed the trial court's order granting plaintiff Trudy LaFever a new trial after a jury verdict for Ford Motor Company, finding no abuse of discretion.
• LaFLAIR v. Johnson & Johnson (U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 2019). The district court granted plaintiff Marilyn LaFlair's motion to remand to New York state court, finding Johnson & Johnson had not shown that non-diverse defendant Kolmar was fraudulently joined; it denied her request for attorney's fees and denied the defendants' motions to stay as moot.
• LaFRENTZ v. Lockheed Martin Corporation (U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2021). The court denied 3M and General Dynamics' request for an adverse inference jury instruction for spoliation, but granted a lesser remedy: a limited jury instruction describing the unanswered preservation request and the burial of the lung tissue, so the motion was granted in part and denied in part.
• Lagrange v. Eagle, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2024). The court stayed the entire case against Avondale and the other defendants until March 11, 2025, because of co-defendant Hopeman Brothers' Chapter 11 bankruptcy, over the plaintiffs' objection and in line with Avondale's request, with a reassessment of the stay to follow on motion.
• Lagrange v. Eagle, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2024). The court denied plaintiff Irma Lee LaGrange's motion to decline supplemental jurisdiction and remand to state court, so the case stays in federal court against Avondale (Huntington Ingalls), Hopeman Brothers and Liberty Mutual.
• Lagrange v. Eagle, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2024). The court granted plaintiff Irma Lee LaGrange's motion for partial summary judgment, ruling that defendants Huntington Ingalls and Hopeman Brothers may not use the Government Contractor Defense, and denied Hopeman's motion for leave to file a surreply.
• Lambert v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. (U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1999). The district court denied John Crane's and W.R. Grace's motions for summary judgment and their motions to reconsider the order letting plaintiff Cheryl Lambert amend her complaint, and it reserved ruling on relation back pending more briefing.
• Lamberty v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (New York Supreme Court, 2014). The court denied Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment, so the plaintiffs' claims against it continue.
• Lamorak Ins. Co. v. Kone, Inc. (Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District, 2nd Division, 2018). Affirmed the circuit court's partial summary judgment for Kone and Liberty Mutual, declaring that Lamorak's 1977-1985 policies subject to self-insured retentions provided primary insurance; Lamorak lost its appeal.
• Lamphere v. Consolidated Rail Corp. (West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 2001). The West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's order granting Lamphere's estate a new trial after a jury verdict for Conrail and Penn Central, finding no abuse of discretion.
• Lamson v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (Pennsylvania Superior Court, 2019). The Superior Court reversed the summary judgment that had been granted to International Paper and Weyerhaeuser, ruling for the Lamson estate, and remanded for trial.
• Landreth v. Brake Supply Company, Inc. (Kentucky Court of Appeals, 2017). The Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgments for Pneumo Abex, Brake Supply, Eaton and ArvinMeritor against Vickery's Estate, and dismissed the defendants' cross-appeals as moot (one judge dissented).
• Landrigan v. Celotex Corp. (New Jersey Supreme Court, 1991). The New Jersey Supreme Court reversed the Appellate Division, set aside the directed verdict for Owens-Corning and Owens Illinois, and remanded for retrial, so plaintiff Angelina Landrigan won.
• Landrum v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (Florida District Court of Appeal, 3rd District, 1988). The Florida Third District Court of Appeal denied Landrum's petition for certiorari, leaving in place the trial court's order for an autopsy if he died during the litigation, so Armstrong and the other defendants prevailed on this point (one judge dissented).
• Landry v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 2013). The appeals court affirmed summary judgment for the Landrys on the mesothelioma diagnosis, its asbestos cause and its role in Raleigh Landry's death, but reversed summary judgment on exposure to John Crane's and Steel Grip's products, substantial-factor causation and liability, and remanded for trial.
• Landry v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (Louisiana Supreme Court, 2004). The Louisiana Supreme Court reversed the court of appeal, reinstated the trial court's summary judgment for Reilly-Benton and Liberty Mutual that comparative fault applies to the wrongful death claim, and remanded; the Landry plaintiffs lost.
• Landry v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (Louisiana Supreme Court, 2003). The Louisiana Supreme Court reversed the lower courts' denial of the exceptions of no cause of action, granted the defendants' exceptions, dismissed Mrs. Landry's pre-death loss of consortium claim with prejudice, and remanded; the employers, executive officers and manufacturing defendants won on that claim and Mrs. Landry lost.
• Landry v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 2003). The appeals court reversed the trial court's summary judgment for Reilly-Benton, which had applied the Comparative Fault Act to the wrongful death claim, and remanded the case, siding with the Landry plaintiffs and co-employee relators.
• Landry v. Columbia Casualty Company (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2015). The court granted Huntington Ingalls' motion for partial summary judgment and dismissed with prejudice the plaintiffs' (Landry's wife and children) claims for bystander mental anguish damages under Louisiana Civil Code article 2315.6.
• Landry v. Columbia Casualty Company (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2014). The district court denied the plaintiffs' motion to remand and motion for sanctions, held that Columbia Casualty and Eagle, Inc. were fraudulently joined, and dismissed the claims against them without prejudice, leaving Huntington Ingalls as the only defendant.
• Landry v. Eagle, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2012). The court granted the Landrys' motion to remand and sent the case back to Orleans Parish Civil District Court, because removing defendant J.A. Sexauer did not show complete diversity.
• Langhorne v. Aerofin Corp. (New York Supreme Court, 2014). The court denied Atlas Turner, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment, holding that it waived its personal jurisdiction defense and that plaintiffs raised a triable issue on exposure to its Newtherm insulation; plaintiffs prevailed.
• Langhorne v. Amchem Prods., Inc. (New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1st Dept., 2005). The Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of the complaint, holding the plaintiff's claims against the defendants-respondents were barred by releases the decedent signed in settling an earlier federal asbestosis action.
• Lanzo v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Company (New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 2021). The Appellate Division reversed the $117 million judgment for Stephen and Kendra Lanzo against Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. and Imerys Talc America and remanded for new, separate trials, so the defendants prevailed on appeal.
• Ramirez v. Avon Prods. (Laosd Asbestos Cases) (California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, 8th Division, 2023). The Court of Appeal reversed the summary judgment for Avon Products, Inc. and remanded, ruling for the Ramirezes, because Avon's only burden-shifting evidence, the Gallo Declaration, was inadmissible.
• Gibbons v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer (Laosd Asbestos Cases) (California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, Division 4, 2020). The Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment for Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. against Ann Patrice Gibbons and James Randall Gibbons, holding they had not raised a triable issue that her talc products contained asbestos.
• Mettias v. The Pep Boys Manny, Moe & Jack of California (Laosd Asbestos Cases) (California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2019). The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment entered on the jury's verdict for Pep Boys against the Mettias children, holding that the refusal to give general negligence instructions and the misstatements in reading the instructions caused no prejudicial error.
• Alfaro v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (Laosd Asbestos Cases) (California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2018). The Court of Appeal reversed the trial court's order that taxed all of Colgate-Palmolive's costs against plaintiff Alfaro, held Colgate entitled to its allowable costs under sections 1032 and 1033.5, and remanded for the trial court to decide which costs were reasonable and whether Colgate's section 998 offer was made in good faith.
• LaPOINTE V 3M Company (Rhode Island Superior Court, 2007). The court denied defendant Laars Heating Systems' summary judgment motion as premature, ordered Laars to give more responsive answers to the master interrogatories and document requests, and gave the LaPointes more time to review them.
• Lapointe v. 3M Company (Rhode Island Superior Court, 2008). The Superior Court denied Homasote Company's motion for summary judgment against plaintiff Joseph LaPointe, finding genuine factual disputes over product identity.
• Lapointe v. 3M Company (Rhode Island Superior Court, 2007). The court denied Parker Boiler Corporation's motion for summary judgment as premature and ordered Parker to give more responsive answers to the court-approved master interrogatories and requests for production within fourteen days, so the LaPointe plaintiffs prevailed on the motion.
• LaPOINTE v. 3M Company (Rhode Island Superior Court, 2007). The court denied Heatbath Corporation's motion for summary judgment, ruling that the LaPointes' claims were not barred by the statute of repose and that fact issues remained for trial.
• Lara v. CBS Corp. (U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2013). The district court granted plaintiffs' motion to remand the case to Los Angeles County Superior Court, rejecting defendant Rockwell Automation's federal officer removal.
• Large v. Bucyrus-Erie Co. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1983). The Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Bucyrus-Erie and Northwest Engineering because Large's injuries occurred more than two years before he sued; one judge would have reversed on the failure-to-warn claim.
• Large v. Bucyrus-Erie Co. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1981). The court granted the power shovel manufacturers Bucyrus-Erie and Northwest Engineering partial summary judgment, holding the plaintiff's respiratory injury claims time-barred; his hearing loss claim was not challenged.
• Larson v. Bondex International, Inc. (U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 2011). The court granted plaintiffs' motion in limine, barring defendants from mentioning Dianna Larson's ex-husband's murder conviction or the book about it at voir dire and trial.
• Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (Michigan Supreme Court, 1986). The Michigan Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of all four wrongful death suits to the extent they rested on asbestosis, because they were filed too late, but held that the Glazier and Revard cancer claims against the asbestos manufacturers could proceed.
• Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (Michigan Court of Appeals, 1985). The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for the defendants (Johns-Manville Sales Corp. and Fibreboard Corp.) in all four wrongful death actions, holding them time-barred and leaving the plaintiffs without recovery.
• Lasky v. 63 West 38th Street, LLC (New York Supreme Court, 2007). The court granted in part the dental center's motion for a preliminary injunction, barring the building owner 63 West 38th Street, LLC from asbestos removal on the 5th floor during 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. until the parties agree on a time for the work.
• Laster v. Celotex Corp. (U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1984). The district court denied the plaintiffs' pretrial motions asking it to take judicial notice that asbestos causes asbestosis and mesothelioma, ruling for the Celotex defendants on the point.
• Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2018). The district court granted James Latiolais's motion to remand and sent the case back to Orleans Parish Civil District Court, rejecting Avondale (Huntington Ingalls)'s federal officer removal.
• Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2020). The en banc Fifth Circuit vacated the district court's order remanding the case to state court and remanded for further proceedings in federal court, ruling for Avondale (Huntington Ingalls) and against Latiolais on removal.
• Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2019). The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's order remanding the case to Louisiana state court, ruling for plaintiff Latiolais and against Avondale (Huntington Ingalls) because circuit precedent required a causal nexus that Avondale had not shown; one judge dissented.