Asbestos Cases A–Z: R

175 decisions whose name begins with R.

• Rhodes v. Diamond State Port Corporation (Delaware Supreme Court, 2010). The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court's affirmance of the Industrial Accident Board's denial of the estate's workers' compensation petition, so Diamond State Port Corporation prevailed and Rhodes' estate lost.
• Rhodes v. Mcic, Inc. (U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 2017). The court granted Honeywell's and Ingersoll Rand's motions for judgment on the pleadings because the plaintiffs' complaint failed to state a plausible claim, but allowed the plaintiffs to file an amended complaint by January 31, 2017.
• Rhodes v. McIC, Inc. (U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 2016). The court denied the plaintiffs' motion to remand and their alternative motion to sever and remand the non-Crane Co. claims, so Crane Co. kept its federal forum under the federal officer removal statute.
• Rice v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1987). The court denied defendant John Crane's motion for summary judgment, leaving the plaintiff's claims against Crane in place because fact issues remained on whether Crane was a manufacturer under the Colorado Products Liability Act.
• Rich v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (Florida District Court of Appeal, 4th District, 2012). The appeals court affirmed the final judgment entered after a jury found Kaiser Gypsum, R.T. Vanderbilt and Union Carbide not liable to Abbey Rich and her husband's estate, holding the former testimony was properly admitted or, for one deposition, any error was harmless.
• Richards v. Copes-Vulcan, Inc. (Delaware Supreme Court, 2019). The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for Copes-Vulcan, Ford and Goodyear and the denial of the Richards' request to supplement their expert report or for reargument.
• Richardson v. Pcs Phosphate Company, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 2016). The court granted in part and denied in part PCS Phosphate's and Broadspire's motions to dismiss: Richardson's Medicare Secondary Payer, breach of contract and unfair trade practices claims survived, but his unjust enrichment claim was dismissed with prejudice.
• Richardson v. Pcs Phosphate Company, Inc. (North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2014). The Court of Appeals affirmed the Full Commission's Amended Opinion and Award, which held that Richardson's last injurious exposure occurred in 1995 while Broadspire was PCS's carrier, so PCS and Broadspire (the appellants) lost.
• Richoux v. Csr Limited (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2008). The court granted plaintiff Richoux's motion to remand, finding Capital One had not shown the non-diverse defendants were improperly joined, and awarded plaintiff costs and fees against Capital One, with the amount referred to the Magistrate Judge.
• Rickert v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2019). The Court of Appeal affirmed the coordination judge's order staying the California wrongful death case on forum non conveniens grounds, so American Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki prevailed over plaintiff Charlene Rickert.
• Ridenour v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2014). The magistrate judge recommended that the defendant prison officials' motion for summary judgment be granted against prisoners Ridenour and Brown, and denied the plaintiffs' motion to exclude the prison doctor's declaration.
• Riedel v. Consolidated Rail Corporation (Ohio Court of Appeals, 8th Appellate District, 2009). The appeals court affirmed the trial court's administrative dismissal of the plaintiffs' asbestos claims and severance of their non-asbestos claims, rejecting the Railroads' argument that all claims should be dismissed.
• Riedel v. Ici Americas Inc. (Delaware Supreme Court, 2009). The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for ICI Americas, holding ICI owed no duty to Lillian Riedel, who lost her take-home asbestos exposure claim.
• Riegler v. Carlisle Companies, Incorporated (U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 2023). The court granted Ford's motion for summary judgment on all of Plaintiff's claims after excluding Dr. Staggs's specific causation opinion, and granted in part and denied in part the motions to exclude: Ewing's opinion and Staggs's general causation opinion were admitted.
• Riggs v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (Utah Court of Appeals, 2013). The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court: the Liability Reform Act applied rather than the Comparative Negligence Act, and Union Carbide's JNOV motion and Georgia-Pacific's directed verdict motion were properly denied, so the jury's verdict for the plaintiff stood.
• Riggs v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (Utah Supreme Court, 2015). The Utah Supreme Court affirmed the district court's denial of Georgia-Pacific's and Union Carbide's motion to dismiss, holding the heirs' wrongful death suit was not barred by the decedent's earlier personal injury judgment, and remanded.
• Ripa v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 1995). The appellate court affirmed liability and compensatory damages for plaintiff Pauline Ripa against Owens-Corning, but cut Owens-Corning's share to thirty percent and reversed the $5.5 million punitive award, remanding for a new trial on punitive damages only.
• Ripley v. Foster Wheeler LLC (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2016). The Fourth Circuit reversed the district court's order remanding the case to Virginia state court, ruling for Foster Wheeler, and remanded for the district court to decide whether Foster Wheeler offered enough proof to support federal officer removal.
• Ripple v. CBS Corporation (Florida Supreme Court, 2024). The Florida Supreme Court held that Jennifer Ripple, who married the decedent after his asbestos exposure and diagnosis, can recover as a "surviving spouse" under section 768.21(2), approved the Fifth District's Domino's decision, and quashed the Fourth District's ruling against her (which had favored the defendants).
• Ripple v. CBS Corporation (Florida District Court of Appeal, 4th District, 2022). The court affirmed judgment on the pleadings against the decedent's wife's wrongful death damages claim under Kelly, but reversed summary judgment against the adult children's claim, so the estate won in part and the defendants won in part, and conflict with Domino's Pizza was certified.
• Risch v. Paul J. Krez Co. (Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District, 6th Division, 1997). The appellate court affirmed summary judgment for Paul J. Krez Co., holding the construction statute of repose barred the estates' wrongful death claims; the plaintiffs lost.
• Risse v. Building Services Industrial Supply, Inc. (Wisconsin Court of Appeals, 1st District, 2012). The Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's orders excluding the school survey records and granting summary judgment to Building Services Industrial Supply and L&S Insulation, so Mrs. Risse lost; one judge dissented.
• Rittenhouse v. St. Regis Hotel Joint Venture (New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1st Dept., 1992). The Appellate Division left in place the dismissal of Rittenhouse's action on summary judgment for the hotel owners, contractors, architects and liquidator, but reversed and vacated the $10,000 in sanctions the trial court had imposed on her law firm.
• Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2018). The district court granted summary judgment to Huntington Ingalls (Avondale), joined by other defendants, and dismissed with prejudice Judith Punch Rivera's wrongful death and survival claims as prescribed.
• Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2018). The court denied plaintiff Judith Punch Rivera's motion to remand, keeping the case in federal court under the Federal Officer Removal Statute and ruling for defendant Huntington Ingalls (Avondale).
• Riverwood International Corp. v. Employers Insurance of Wausau (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2005). The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Employers Insurance of Wausau, holding that Riverwood (Graphic Packaging) was not entitled to coverage for settled employee asbestos claims because the thirty-six month exclusion applied.
• Rivet v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The district judge granted the Rivet plaintiffs' objection to the magistrate judge's order, allowing them to amend their complaint to add Sparta and further claims against Pennsylvania Insurance Company, and stayed the claims against PIC and Sparta pending the Massachusetts litigation.
• Rivet v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2024). The court granted the plaintiffs' (Janet and Kayla Rivet) motion for summary judgment that Tommy Rivet had mesothelioma, that asbestos caused it, and that it caused his death, over the opposition of Eagle and Travelers, while leaving the source of the asbestos open.
• RJ Reynolds Tobacco v. Stidham (Maryland Court of Appeals, 2016). The Court of Appeals of Maryland held there was a final judgment but dismissed the plaintiffs' appeal as moot, so the tobacco companies' dismissal from the asbestos case stood; it also commented on joinder for guidance in future cases.
• Robaey v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (New York Supreme Court, 2018). The court denied Fel-Pro's motion for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial on liability and recklessness, but vacated the $50 million and $25 million awards and ordered a new trial on damages unless the Robaeys agreed to reduced awards.
• Robbins v. Wake County Bd. of Educ. (North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2002). The Court of Appeals affirmed the Industrial Commission's award of workers' compensation to the estate of Gayle Robbins, finding her mesothelioma a compensable occupational disease, against the Wake County Board of Education.
• Roberts v. ACandS, Inc. (Indiana Court of Appeals, 2007). The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the Worker's Compensation Board's dismissal of the Estate's occupational disease claim against ACandS, holding the dismissal was not premature and the release provision was not unconstitutional as applied.
• Roberts v. ACandS, Inc. (Indiana Court of Appeals, 2004). The Court of Appeals reversed the Worker's Compensation Board's dismissal of William Roberts's occupational disease claim against ACandS as premature and remanded; ACandS lost its bid to end its liability.
• Roberts v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 2004). The appeals court declared the second JNOV a nullity, reversed the first JNOV in part to reinstate fault findings against CertainTeed, Fibreboard and Flintkote, and amended the judgment against Exxon to a virile share of the survival award and 21% solidary liability on the wrongful death awards, affirming as amended.
• Robertson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 2021). The district court granted Eaton Corporation's motion for summary judgment on all claims, ruling that plaintiff Robertson did not show frequent and regular exposure to Eaton's (Cutler-Hammer) motor starters.
• Robertson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 2020). The district court granted Covil Corporation's motion for summary judgment against plaintiff Mary Ann Robertson because she did not show actionable exposure to a Covil asbestos product.
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 2014). The appeals court reversed the trial court's order limiting plaintiffs' expert Dr. Mark's testimony and its summary judgment for Georgia-Pacific, ruling for the plaintiffs and remanding for further proceedings.
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 2014). The court reversed the summary judgment that had dismissed plaintiffs' claims against Union Carbide Corporation, reversed the trial court's order limiting Dr. Eugene Mark's causation testimony, and remanded for further proceedings.
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 2011). The appeals court reversed the trial court's summary judgment for Sherwin-Williams and its order striking the plaintiffs' expert Dr. Mark's causation testimony, and remanded for further proceedings, so the plaintiffs prevailed over Sherwin-Williams on appeal.
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 2011). The appeals court reversed the summary judgment that had dismissed Union Carbide, and reversed the order striking part of Dr. Mark's testimony, so the plaintiffs (Harris Robertson's wife and children) won and the case was sent back to the trial court.
• Robertson v. DuPONT (Virginia Court of Appeals, 2002). The Court of Appeals of Virginia affirmed the Workers' Compensation Commission, which had denied the widow's claim for temporary total disability benefits and set the permanent partial disability benefits using the wage Mr. Robertson earned at DuPont twenty-six years earlier, so DuPont prevailed and the widow lost.
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court granted Avondale's motions to expedite and to continue the trial, and stayed and administratively closed the case pending the outcome of Avondale's certiorari petition in Barrosse; the Robichaux plaintiffs lost their opposition.
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court denied the summary judgment motions of Uniroyal Holdings and Foster Wheeler, leaving the survivors' and Avondale's claims against them for trial.
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court denied the plaintiffs' motion to exclude Avondale's corporate representative Danny Joyce as a factual witness, and denied Avondale's motion to compel disclosure of settlements and trust submissions as moot or, to the extent not moot, as an improper attempt to reopen discovery.
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court denied Huntington Ingalls' (Avondale's) motion for partial summary judgment on the Robichaux family's take-home exposure claim, so that claim goes forward.
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court granted Avondale's motion in limine, ruling that the Liberty Mutual insurance policy documents were authentic and admissible to the extent relevant, over the Robichaux plaintiffs' objections.
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court denied Huntington Ingalls' motion in limine to exclude the late-produced expert affidavits of Kenneth Garza and Dr. Brent Staggs, so the plaintiffs may use them.
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court denied Avondale's motion for partial summary judgment, so Robichaux's state-law tort claims against Avondale were not preempted by the LHWCA and the plaintiffs prevailed on the motion.
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court granted Avondale's motion for partial summary judgment, ruling that releases Robichaux signed in the earlier Borden litigation released his future mesothelioma claims against the released parties, which were not parties here, so Avondale won and the plaintiffs lost this point.
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2023). The court granted summary judgment to IMO, GE, Viacom and Union Carbide, dismissing all claims against them with prejudice, and denied Zurich's summary judgment motion as moot because Zurich had been dismissed from the case.