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

Our case-law library holds 11 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida (2008–2023). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• Gallo v. Carnival Corporation (2023). The district court granted the plaintiffs' motion to remand and sent the case back to Texas state court, holding that Carnival Corporation had not shown federal jurisdiction based on the arbitration agreements.
• Andres v. Raytheon Technologies Corp. (2022). The court granted Huntsman Corp.'s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and dismissed the second amended complaint as to Huntsman without leave to amend and without jurisdictional discovery.
• Batchelor v. American Optical Corp. (2016). The district court granted the Batchelors' motion to remand the case to Florida state court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction over CBS/Westinghouse's federal officer removal, and denied their request for attorney's fees and costs.
• Waite v. Aii Acquisition Corp. (2016). The court denied Ford's motion for summary judgment and its motion to exclude Plaintiffs' causation experts and historian, denied Plaintiffs' motion to exclude Ford's experts (while barring untimely expert analysis), and denied Plaintiffs' motion to reconsider the dismissal of Union Carbide for lack of personal jurisdiction.
• Taylor v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2015). The court granted Roy and Suzanne Taylor's emergency motion to remand the case to Florida state court because the non-diverse defendants had settled but not been formally dismissed, and denied their request for attorneys' fees.
• Oneal v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2014). The court granted Foster Wheeler's summary judgment motion and granted Crane's motion as to Crane valves, but denied Crane's motion as to Cranite sheet gaskets, so that claim goes to the jury.
• Peruyero v. Airbus Sas (2014). The federal district court granted BAE Systems PLC's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and dismissed the estate's amended complaint without prejudice, giving the plaintiff seven days to file a second amended complaint.
• Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014). The court denied Lorillard Tobacco Company's motion to strike two allegations from the plaintiffs' amended complaint, so the Rothchilds' allegations stayed in the complaint.
• Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014). The court granted Union Carbide's motion to dismiss the amended complaint as to Union Carbide only, without prejudice, and gave the Rothchilds 30 days to amend with more specific allegations.
• Faddish v. Buffalo Pumps (2012). The court granted summary judgment to pump, valve and turbine makers Warren Pumps, Crane and Westinghouse (CBS) and against plaintiff Ruth Faddish, holding they had no duty to warn about asbestos in other companies' insulation, gaskets and packing.
• Marley v. Elliot Turbomachinery Co., Inc. (2008). The court denied the plaintiffs' motion to remand, holding that Elliott Turbomachinery and Viad properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute, so the defendants prevailed on this motion.