Asbestos Cases A–Z: L

193 decisions whose name begins with L.

• Latter v. 3M Company (New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 2015). The Appellate Division reversed the trial court's summary judgment for Weeks Marine and American Atlantic Company and sent the case back, finding a triable issue on whether Latter was exposed to asbestos on their dredges.
• Laurent v. City of New Orleans (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2014). The court denied Plaintiff Scott Laurent's motion to remand, holding that GE and CBS properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.
• Laurent v. New Orleans City (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2015). The court granted summary judgment to GE, CBS and Foster Wheeler because the plaintiff, Scott Laurent, did not produce evidence that his father was exposed to asbestos from their products; the defendants' motions for leave to reply were denied as moot.
• Laurent v. New Orleans City (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2015). The court granted the City of New Orleans' motion to dismiss the plaintiff's wrongful death claim because the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Act is the exclusive remedy, as the plaintiff conceded.
• Laurent v. New Orleans City (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2015). The court granted summary judgment for BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen and against plaintiff Scott Laurent, because he produced no evidence his father was exposed to asbestos from their products.
• Laux v. Akebono Brake Corp. (Oregon Court of Appeals, 2021). The Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for the Yamaha defendants because the plaintiff, Marilee Laux, did not present enough evidence that Yamaha brake-friction materials contained asbestos; one judge dissented.
• Laux v. Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. (U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, 2015). The district court adopted the magistrate judge's recommendation, granted plaintiff Marilee Laux's motion to remand the case to state court, and denied the Japanese defendants' motion to dismiss as moot, so Akebono Brake Industry and the other defendants lost on removal.
• Lavelle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (Ohio Court of Common Pleas, 1987). The trial court granted the defendants' motion in limine to exclude evidence of increased risk of cancer and denied it as to evidence of the asbestosis-afflicted plaintiff's increased fear of cancer, so each side won in part.
• Laverty v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (Illinois Appellate Court, 5th District, 2010). The appellate court reversed the Madison County circuit court's denial of CSX Transportation's forum non conveniens motion and remanded with directions to dismiss the widow's FELA counts, so CSX won and the plaintiff lost her Illinois forum.
• Lawrentz v. Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, W Va: Supreme Court of Appeals 2015 (West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 2015). The West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed the Board of Review's decision rejecting James Lawrentz's workers' compensation claim for lung cancer, in favor of the employer Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood.
• Layne v. GAF Corp. (Ohio Court of Common Pleas, 1988). The court denied United States Mineral Products Co.'s motion for judgment n.o.v., upheld the verdict for plaintiff Geraldine Layne, and reduced the judgment to $338,300 for a setoff of settlement payments.
• Leabo v. Allied Signal, Inc. (U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2011). The federal district court granted General Electric's Rule 12(c) motion, joined by MetLife, and dismissed the plaintiffs' wrongful death action with prejudice as barred by res judicata, so the plaintiffs lost.
• Leavitt v. AO Smith Water Prods., Co. (New York Supreme Court, 2019). The trial court denied Plastics Engineering Company's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and for summary judgment, and denied plaintiffs' cross-motion for jurisdictional discovery as moot, so plaintiffs Russell and Joyce Leavitt prevailed on the motion.
• Leavitt v. Johnson & Johnson (California Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District, 5th Division, 2021). The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for plaintiffs Leavitt and McElroy against Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc., finding no prejudicial error and substantial evidence of causation.
• Lebeau v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court denied the plaintiffs' motion to remand, holding that Avondale (with Lloyd's and Hopeman Brothers joining) timely removed the case under the federal officer removal statute, so the case stays in federal court.
• LeBOEUF v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2025). The court granted plaintiff Nolan LeBoeuf Jr.'s motion for partial summary judgment, holding that defendant Huntington Ingalls (Avondale) is not entitled to Boyle or Yearsley government contractor immunity against his failure-to-warn and failure-to-protect claims.
• Lee v. American Supply Co. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 2019). The court of appeal reversed the trial court's judgment sustaining Baker Hughes' exception of prescription, which had dismissed the survival claims of David Lee's widow and children, and remanded the case for further proceedings, ruling for the family.
• Lee v. Celotex Corp. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1985). The Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for National Gypsum against Ouida Lee, the widow and executrix, because she did not show that Jack Lee was exposed to an asbestos-containing National Gypsum product.
• Lee v. Clark Reliance Corporation (California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2013). The Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment for Clark Reliance Corporation (successor to Jerguson Gage & Valve), rejecting plaintiff Mary Lee's appeal.
• Lee v. DuPONT (Kentucky Court of Appeals, 2008). The Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for DuPont, holding that the workers' compensation exclusive remedy barred Mildred Lee's suit over her husband's asbestos death and that denying further discovery was not an abuse of discretion.
• Leech v. 3M Co. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2017). The court denied plaintiff Margaret Leech's motion to remand and her request for attorneys' fees and costs, holding that Honeywell's removal before any defendant was served was proper.
• Leech v. 3M Company (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2018). The court granted Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc.'s unopposed motion for summary judgment, dismissing the plaintiffs' claims against it for lack of evidence that it caused the decedent's mesothelioma.
• Leech v. 3M Company (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2018). The court granted Honeywell International Inc.'s unopposed motion for summary judgment, dismissing the plaintiffs' claims against Honeywell as successor to Bendix, because plaintiffs offered no evidence that Honeywell was a cause-in-fact of the decedent's injury.
• Leech v. 3M Company (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2018). The court denied Rohm and Haas Chemicals LLC's Rule 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction without prejudice, giving plaintiffs 30 days for jurisdictional discovery and 60 days to amend their complaint.
• Leech v. 3M Company (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2017). The court denied plaintiff Margaret Leech's motion to remand and her request for attorneys' fees, holding Honeywell's removal before any defendant was served was proper, so Honeywell and the other defendants prevailed.
• Lefevre v. CBS Corporation (U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 2013). The court granted the plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment, holding Crown Cork & Seal liable as successor to Mundet Cork for its pre-February 8, 1964 asbestos liabilities, and denied Crown Cork's cross-motion for summary judgment.
• Legal Newsline v. Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC (U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 2014). The district court reversed the bankruptcy court's orders sealing the Garlock estimation hearing, transcript and exhibits and closing the courtroom, remanded for findings on sealing, and withdrew the reference of Garlock's non-core fraud and RICO claims against plaintiffs' law firms; Legal Newsline and other appellants won.
• Lege v. Union Carbide Corporation (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 2021). The Fourth Circuit amended the jury judgment against Birla Carbon USA to cut the wrongful death awards to two non-testifying adult children from $500,000 to $100,000 each, and otherwise affirmed the judgment for the Leges, including the 51% fault allocation to Birla.
• Legendre v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2017). The federal district court granted the Legendre brothers' motion to remand their wrongful death suit against Huntington Ingalls (Avondale) to Louisiana state court, rejecting Avondale's federal officer removal.
• Legendre v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2024). The court denied summary judgment to Eagle and Bayer, and granted GE, Paramount Global and Foster-Wheeler partial summary judgment on the design defect and warranty claims while denying the rest of their motions, so the plaintiff Eleanor Legendre mostly kept her case.
• Legendre v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2018). The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's order remanding the case to Louisiana state court, ruling that Huntington Ingalls (Avondale) failed to show the causal nexus needed for federal officer removal, so the Legendre brothers prevailed.
• Legendre v. Lamorak Insurance Company (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2021). The court denied Tutco's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction without prejudice, found Avondale had not yet made a prima facie showing, and allowed Avondale 28 days to amend its third-party demand and all parties 21 days for jurisdictional discovery.
• Legendre v. Lamorak Insurance Company (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2021). The court denied the plaintiffs' motion to remand, keeping the case in federal court under the federal officer removal statute, in favor of the Avondale Interests (Huntington Ingalls and Lamorak).
• Legendre v. Lamorak Insurance Company (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2021). The court denied Mestek, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment, which sought a ruling that it was not the successor to L.J. Wing, because genuine fact disputes remained; Avondale prevailed on the motion.
• Legendre v. Louisiana Ins. Guaranty Association (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2024). The court denied both the defendants' motion to limit or exclude plaintiff Eleanor Legendre's experts and Legendre's motion to exclude Dr. Bruce Case's opinion, so all the experts may testify at trial.
• Legendre v. Louisiana Ins. Guaranty Association (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2024). The court granted in part and denied in part Hopeman Brothers' summary judgment motion (granted on intentional tort, alter ego and manufacturer claims; denied on professional vendor liability) and denied SPARTA's motion to stay; the expedited-consideration motion was denied as moot.
• Legendre v. Louisiana Ins. Guaranty Association (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2024). The court granted Eleanor Legendre's motions (mesothelioma and its cause established; Avondale barred from government contractor defenses on failure-to-warn and safety claims), granted Liberty Mutual's motion on the professional vendor and commercial supplier claims, and granted Avondale's motion dismissing the intentional tort and fraud claims.
• Legendre v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court granted the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association's motion for summary judgment, ruling that plaintiff Legendre's claim was not a covered claim because it was filed after the December 31, 2021 deadline.
• Leidig v. Zenith Electronics LLC (California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2015). The Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment for Zenith Electronics LLC and against the Leidig family, finding no triable issue that the decedent was exposed to asbestos from a Zenith product.
• Leite v. Crane Co. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2014). The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district courts' denial of the plaintiffs' motions to remand, holding Crane Co. had shown by a preponderance of the evidence a colorable government contractor defense and a causal nexus supporting federal officer removal.
• Lemberger v. Honeywell International, Inc. (Wisconsin Court of Appeals, 1st District, 2013). The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment in favor of Colleen Lemberger, which the trial court had entered after changing the jury's answers, and remanded with directions to enter judgment on the original verdict, a win for Honeywell.
• Leng v. Celotex Corp. (Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District, 1990). The appellate court affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the market share liability counts against Celotex and the other defendants, refusing to adopt market share liability in Illinois asbestos cases.
• Leonard v. Board OF Supervisors OF Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College (U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 2014). The magistrate judge denied the plaintiffs' motion to compel discovery responses and for attorney's fees from defendant Lockheed Martin, finding no factual basis shown for exposure to a Lockheed aircraft component and no good-faith effort to confer.
• Leonard v. Board OF Supervisors OF Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College (U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 2014). The court granted Union Pacific Railroad Company's re-urged motion to dismiss, ruling that Union Pacific owed Royce Leonard no legal duty, so the Leonards' claims against it were dismissed.
• Leonard v. John Crane, Inc. (California Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District, 5th Division, 2012). The Court of Appeal denied John Crane, Inc.'s motion to dismiss the appeal as moot and reversed the judgment entered after the trial court sustained Crane's demurrer without leave to amend, allowing Sandra Leonard to pursue her loss of consortium claim.
• Lepore v. AO Smith Corp. (Rhode Island Superior Court, 2017). The court partly granted the hospital defendants' motion for a protective order, limiting some deposition topics to buildings existing in 1960-1987, but denied it as to discovery of later asbestos removal, which the plaintiff may pursue without a time limit.
• Lepore v. Kelsey-Hayes Co. (California Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District, 4th Division, 2016). The Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment for Ford, Navistar and Kelsey-Hayes, finding triable issues on whether Lepore was exposed to asbestos from their products, and affirmed summary judgment for Gibbs International.
• Leren v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (Washington Court of Appeals, 1st Division, 2019). The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment for the Estate of Marvin Leren against Elementis Chemicals, holding Elementis liable as successor to a raw-asbestos distributor, upholding the noneconomic damages award, and approving the refusal to give a superseding cause instruction.
• Lerille v. Monsanto Corporation (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2007). The court granted Betty Lerille's motion to remand, severing and remanding her state-court suit because the defendant's removal was untimely, and denied her motion for Rule 11 sanctions and for attorneys' fees.
• Lesnick v. Hollingsworth & Vose Co. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1994). The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Beverly Lesnick's wrongful death suit against Hollingsworth & Vose for lack of personal jurisdiction in Maryland; Hollingsworth & Vose won and Lesnick lost.