U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 5 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York (2010–2019). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• LaFLAIR v. Johnson & Johnson (2019). The district court granted plaintiff Marilyn LaFlair's motion to remand to New York state court, finding Johnson & Johnson had not shown that non-diverse defendant Kolmar was fraudulently joined; it denied her request for attorney's fees and denied the defendants' motions to stay as moot.
• Crews v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014). The court granted Crane Co.'s motion for summary judgment on the negligence, strict liability and failure-to-warn claims by Dwight and Peggy Crews, because Mr. Crews could not show exposure to asbestos in Crane Co.'s products.
• Gates v. Smith Water Products Co. (2014). The district court denied the executor's motion to remand to state court, so the case stays in federal court on Crane Co.'s federal officer removal.
• Osterhout v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014). The district court denied the Osterhouts' motion to remand to state court, finding Foster Wheeler and General Electric had a colorable government contractor defense, and denied without prejudice their motion for partial summary judgment on that defense.
• Gennone v. AJ Eckert Company, Inc. (2010). The district court granted summary judgment to Detroit Diesel Corporation and dismissed the plaintiffs' claims against it with prejudice, ruling it was not a successor to General Motors' liability; the plaintiffs lost.