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

Our case-law library holds 5 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas (2006–2025). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. (2025). The court granted Canal's summary judgment motion in full and Interstate's in part, ruling for Canal and Interstate on the Smith and Murray lawsuits and against Interstate on the Galier lawsuit, so Berkshire's contribution claim survived only as to Galier against Interstate.
• Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Company (2015). The court granted class certification for Erica P. John Fund's securities fraud class only as to the December 7, 2001 corrective disclosure and denied it as to the other five disclosures, finding Halliburton rebutted the price-impact presumption for those five.
• Kozak v. Guard-Line, Inc. (2008). The court granted plaintiffs' motion to remand, holding that removing defendant UOP failed to show Texas-citizen defendant Guard-Line was improperly joined, and sent the case back to the 116th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas.
• Jacobs v. Tapscott (2007). The court granted the defendants' (attorney Tapscott and the law firm Baron & Budd) renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law, set aside the jury's verdict for the plaintiffs, and dismissed the case with prejudice.
• Jacobs v. Tapscott (2006). The court granted summary judgment for lawyer Tapscott and Baron & Budd on most of the family's claims, but denied it on two grounds of the breach of fiduciary duty claim and on fee forfeiture, and denied the defendants' motion to strike the plaintiffs' experts' supplemental opinions.