Indiana Supreme Court: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 6 asbestos decisions from the Indiana Supreme Court (1982–2016). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• State: Indiana
• Kind of court: State supreme court

Decisions

• Myers v. Crouse-Hinds Division OF Cooper Industries, Inc. (2016). The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the denial of summary judgment to General Electric and Owens-Illinois in the Geyman case and reversed summary judgment for Crouse-Hinds and the other defendants in the Myers case, so the plaintiffs won and the cases were remanded.
• Psi Energy, Inc. v. Roberts (2005). The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the judgment for William and Beverly Roberts against PSI Energy, holding PSI was not vicariously liable for its contractor ACandS but that the general verdict was supported under the premises liability instructions given to the jury.
• AlliedSignal, Inc. v. Herring (2003). The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer, vacated the Court of Appeals opinion and the trial court's denial of summary judgment, and remanded for the trial court to decide whether the repose period's exception applied, which partly favored the defendants and left Lucille Herring's claims alive only if the exception applies.
• Harris v. AC & S., Inc. (2003). The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer, vacated the Court of Appeals opinion and the trial court's summary judgment for the asbestos defendants, and remanded for the trial court to examine whether any plaintiff falls within the limited exception to the ten-year statute of repose.
• Jurich v. Garlock, Inc. (2003). The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer, vacated the trial court's summary judgment for the defendants, and remanded for the trial court to decide whether a reasonably experienced physician could have diagnosed Mr. Jurich within the ten-year repose period while he had no reason to know of it.
• Bunker v. National Gypsum Co. (1982). The Indiana Supreme Court vacated the Court of Appeals' opinion and affirmed the Industrial Board's denial of asbestosis benefits to Richard Bunker, holding the three-year limitation period constitutional and National Gypsum the winner.