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

Our case-law library holds 5 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia (1982–2018). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• Hanson v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (2018). The federal district court excluded the causation and contamination opinions of plaintiff Hanson's experts Gordon, Kradin and Moline and most of Webber's, and allowed the defense experts Sanchez, Mossman and Moolgavkar to testify, a ruling favoring Colgate-Palmolive.
• Hanson v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2018). The district court granted Colgate-Palmolive's motions for summary judgment and partial summary judgment on punitive damages, entering judgment against Douglas Hanson on all claims because he had no evidence that his late wife was exposed to asbestos in Cashmere Bouquet talc, or at what level.
• Cabasug v. Crane Company (2013). The court granted Plaintiffs partial summary judgment striking the defendants' sophisticated purchaser defense, denied Plaintiffs' motion to strike the sophisticated user defense, and denied Aurora Pump Company's summary judgment motion.
• Cabasug v. Crane Company (2013). The court granted summary judgment to Maxim Evaporators, LLC and Viad Corp, finding no genuine issue that Cabasug was exposed to asbestos supplied by their alleged predecessors, and that Viad was not shown liable for its predecessor's subsidiary.
• Starling v. Seaboard Coast Line R. Co. (1982). The court dismissed the market share/industrywide liability, implied warranty and intentional tort counts in the asbestosis cases, in favor of the defendant manufacturers, but refused to dismiss the fraud count in the Buie and Starling cases.