U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 10 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama (2010–2019). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• Smith v. Avon Products, Inc. (2019). The court granted the motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction filed by Johnson & Johnson and the Imerys Defendants (Cyprus Amax Minerals and Cyprus Mines), so plaintiff Billie Smith's claims against them failed in this court.
• Holland v. Airco, Inc. (2016). The district court granted summary judgment to Crane, Fluor Daniel and Goulds Pumps, ending the plaintiff's claims over Owen Holland's mesothelioma death.
• Bobo v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2015). After a bench trial, the court found for the plaintiffs (the estate of Barbara Bobo) against the Tennessee Valley Authority, awarding $3,000,000 for pain and suffering and $537,131.82 in medical expenses, with TVA entitled to a $136,176.37 offset for asbestos trust settlements.
• Bobo v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2015). After a bench trial, the federal court did not enter judgment for either side and instead certified two unsettled questions of Alabama law (a premises owner's duty in take-home asbestos cases, and the causation standard for multiple exposures) to the Alabama Supreme Court in the case brought by Barbara Bobo's estate against the Tennessee Valley Authority.
• Bobo v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2014). The court denied the Tennessee Valley Authority's motion to exclude Dr. Eugene Mark's specific causation opinion, so the plaintiffs prevailed on that point, and held the motion directed at Dr. Wulsin moot because plaintiffs withdrew her specific causation testimony.
• McGUFFIE v. Mead Corporation (2014). The district court granted summary judgment to MW Custom Papers, LLC and MeadWestvaco Corporation, holding MW Custom Papers was the only proper defendant and that the McGuffies' 1995 release barred the claim, and denied the plaintiff's motion to strike.
• Bobo v. Agco Corp. (2013). The court granted in part and denied in part the Tennessee Valley Authority's motion for summary judgment on discretionary-function grounds, dismissing Mrs. Bobo's failure-to-warn and training claims but letting her claims over exposure limits, monitoring, protective equipment and lockers, and medical examinations proceed.
• Bobo v. Agco Corporation (2013). The court granted TVA's discretionary-function summary judgment motion in part, dismissing Mrs. Bobo's failure-to-warn and asbestos-training claims, and denied it as to her claims about exposure limits, monitoring, protective equipment and lockers, and medical examinations.
• Bobo v. Agco Corporation (2013). The court granted the Tennessee Valley Authority's unopposed motion to dismiss the punitive damages claim and strike the jury demand, and denied plaintiff Barbara Bobo's motion to amend her complaint to add twelve more years of alleged exposure.
• Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc. (2010). The magistrate judge denied the Corleys' motion to remand, holding that Garlock and Owens-Illinois properly removed on federal enclave grounds and CBS/Westinghouse on federal officer grounds, so the case stayed in federal court.