U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 11 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida (2013–2024). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• Edmonds v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2024). The court granted in part and denied in part the Daubert motions of defendants Atwood (Valves and Controls US) and Warren Pumps, excluding Dr. Zhang's first cumulative-exposure causation opinion and his asbestosis opinion but allowing his second causation opinion and his pleural plaque opinion.
• Israel v. John Crane, Inc. (2022). The court granted John Crane's motion for summary judgment, holding Norman Israel's maritime-law lung cancer claims time-barred because he knew or should have known of the cause by December 21, 2016.
• Doolin v. Ford Motor Company (2018). The district court excluded the plaintiff's specific-causation expert, Dr. Kradin, and then granted summary judgment to Ford Motor Company and Pneumo Abex LLC, ruling against the estate's representative, Stacey Doolin.
• Stevenson v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (2018). The court granted Imerys Talc America's summary judgment motion for lack of specific personal jurisdiction in Florida and dismissed the action against Imerys; the plaintiff lost as to Imerys.
• Doolin v. American Optical Corporation (2017). The court denied the plaintiff's Rule 11 motion for sanctions against defendant BorgWarner Morse TEC LLC, so Morse TEC prevailed on the motion.
• Dugas v. 3M Company (2016). The court granted the defendants' motion in part, dismissing Marsha Dugas's individual claims (including Count IV, loss of consortium) so they proceed within the wrongful death action, and denied the motion to strike and the demand for more detail about survivors.
• Dugas v. 3M Company (2016). The court granted 3M summary judgment on the design defect and fraudulent concealment claims, denied it on the failure to warn claim, and partly excluded plaintiff's expert Darell Bevis (no design opinion; product identification opinion allowed).
• Viera v. BASF Catalysts LLC (2016). The court granted BASF's partial motion to dismiss (joined by Superior and Whittaker), dismissing the plaintiff's misrepresentation and concerted-acts claims without prejudice and allowing her 14 days to file a second amended complaint.
• Brown v. Crews (2015). The court granted the Florida corrections defendants' motion to dismiss, dismissing inmate John Brown's compensatory and punitive damages claims in both counts and dismissing Count Two against Secretary Crews.
• Dugas v. 3M Company (2015). The court granted in part and denied in part the defendants' motions to dismiss: the negligence, strict liability and loss of consortium claims survived against 3M, Shell and UTC, but the fraudulent concealment claims against UTC, IMO and Shell were dismissed with prejudice.
• Flomenhoft v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2013). The court granted Georgia-Pacific's motion for partial summary judgment and dismissed Linda Flomenhoft's loss of consortium claim, because she was not married to Mark Flomenhoft when he was exposed to asbestos.