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

Our case-law library holds 4 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana (2010–2021). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• Hostetler v. Johnson Controls, Inc. (2021). The court denied the plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment and granted in part JCI's motion: JCI won on the asbestos trespass claim, the Hostetlers' time-barred vapor claims, and the negligence and emotional distress claims, while the other plaintiffs' trespass and nuisance claims over solvent vapors were left for trial.
• Hostetler v. Johnson Controls, Inc. (2021). The court granted Johnson Controls' motion for summary judgment on the neighbors' Indiana Environmental Legal Action (ELA) claim, and also granted Johnson Controls' motion to strike two of the plaintiffs' expert's opinions, granted the plaintiffs' motion to strike in part, and denied a second Johnson Controls motion to strike as moot.
• Hostetler v. Johnson Controls, Inc. (2020). The court granted Johnson Controls' motion to exclude three experts' opinions that the five plaintiffs face increased future health risks from TCE, PCE and asbestos exposure, so the plaintiffs lost on that motion.
• Aurand v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company (2010). The court denied Norfolk Southern Railway's motion for summary judgment based on a release, because material facts about the release's validity were disputed, so Aurand's claim continued.