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

Our case-law library holds 11 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama (2011–2023). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• Craig v. AW Chesterton Co. (2023). The district court denied Gloria Craig's motion to remand, ruling that Westinghouse's and GE's federal-officer removal was timely, so the case stays in federal court.
• Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013). The court denied plaintiff Ronald Morgan's motions for Rule 54(b) final judgment and for a stay, so he could not immediately appeal the summary judgments for Crane Co., General Electric, Warren Pumps and CBS; the case against John Crane, Inc. stayed on track for trial.
• Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013). The district court denied John Crane, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment, so the estate's claims against John Crane went forward.
• Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013). The court granted The Gorman-Rupp Company's motion for summary judgment under the bare metal defense and dismissed the plaintiff's claims against it with prejudice.
• Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013). The court granted defendant Albany International Corporation's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the estate of Rueben Morgan's claims against Albany with prejudice, finding the 1972-74 exposure claims time-barred and no evidence of post-1979 exposure to Albany products.
• Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013). The court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiff's claims against GE with prejudice, finding the pre-1979 exposure claims time-barred and no sufficient evidence of later exposure to GE products.
• Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013). The court granted Warren Pumps, LLC's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the estate's claims against Warren with prejudice, so Warren won and the plaintiff lost.
• Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013). The court granted Honeywell International's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiff's claims against it with prejudice, because the 1956-1958 exposures were time-barred and there was no evidence of post-1979 exposure to Bendix products.
• Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013). The court granted CBS Corporation (successor to Westinghouse) summary judgment, dismissing the estate's claims against it with prejudice, because pre-May 1979 exposures were time-barred and no admissible evidence showed later exposure to Westinghouse asbestos products.
• Brown v. the Boeing Company (2012). The court granted plaintiff Walter Brown's motion to voluntarily dismiss his asbestos suit without prejudice, denied Boeing's and Lockheed Martin's motions for judgment on the pleadings as moot, and ordered Brown to reimburse defendants' limitations research and briefing costs.
• Kite v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2011). The district court denied plaintiff Kite's motions for remand, holding that CBS properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute, so the case stayed in federal court for the defendants; it granted the motion to expedite.