U.S. District Court, District of Nevada: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 4 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada (2005–2024). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• Koot v. Bwdac, Inc. (2024). The court granted plaintiff Koot's motion to remand to Nevada state court for lack of complete diversity, rejecting defendant Caterpillar's argument that Nevada-incorporated Meritor should be treated as a citizen of its parent's states.
• Potter v. Crane Co. (2022). The court granted summary judgment to defendants Arrowhead Products and Industrial Manufacturing Company, ending the case as to them, because the plaintiff, who did not oppose, produced no evidence linking his mesothelioma to their products.
• Potter v. Crane Co. (2021). The magistrate judge granted in part plaintiff Potter's motion to serve expert disclosures late and extend the scheduling deadlines, granted in part Hexcel's motion for leave to file a surreply, and sanctioned plaintiff's law firm $500.
• Knutson v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (2005). The federal district court granted Dennis Knutson's motion to remand the case to Nevada state court, finding the defendants did not prove fraudulent joinder of the Nevada defendants and that the removal was untimely; the removing defendants lost.