Alabama Supreme Court: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 9 asbestos decisions from the Alabama Supreme Court (1993–2015). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• State: Alabama
• Kind of court: State supreme court

Decisions

• Kruse v. Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC (2015). The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the summary judgment for Vanderbilt Minerals and remanded, because the trial court ruled on a ground the motion never raised and the plaintiff had presented enough evidence of exposure to Vanderbilt's Nytal talc.
• Patterson v. Consolidated Aluminum Corporation (2012). The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's judgment for Consolidated Aluminum Corporation and Lonza America, holding the Pattersons' claims against them were time-barred because the Pattersons did not promptly substitute them for fictitious defendants.
• Bradberry v. Carrier Corporation ET AL. (2011). The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the summary judgments for Carrier Corporation and the other solvent defendants, rejecting the plaintiffs' argument that codefendant Leslie Controls' bankruptcy stayed the whole case.
• Henderson v. MeadWESTVACO Corporation (2009). The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for CSX Transportation and MeadWestvaco against Sheila Henderson's wrongful-death claim, on a different ground than the trial court's: the decedent's own claim would have been time-barred under Alabama law.
• General Motors Corp. v. Kilgore (2002). The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the trial court's denial of summary judgment and rendered judgment for General Motors, holding the Kilgores' claims preempted by the Federal Locomotive Inspection Act; two justices dissented.
• Greene v. CSX Transp., Inc. (2002). The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for CSX Transportation, holding the FELA personal-injury survival claims of the personal representatives of two deceased railroad employees were time-barred.
• Southern Bakeries, Inc. v. Knipp (2002). The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the trial court's partial denial of summary judgment, ruling for Southern Bakeries against Knipp and Branyon, and remanded for an order consistent with its opinion.
• Ex parte Wilkerson (2000). The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the Court of Civil Appeals' affirmance of summary judgment for Burlington Northern and Illinois Central railroads and remanded, because when Wilkerson's FELA claim accrued was a jury question.
• Hogland v. Celotex Corp. (1993). The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the trial court's summary judgment for the remaining defendants and remanded, directing the trial court to identify who the remaining defendants are and set the case for trial; the executrix, Yvonne Hogland, prevailed.