U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 5 asbestos decisions from the U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia (2009–2020). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• Kind of court: Federal district court

Decisions

• Swiger v. AR Wilfley & Sons, Inc. (2020). The district court granted the plaintiff estate's emergency motion to remand and sent the case back to the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, rejecting the removal by J-M Manufacturing, Core & Main and Mueller.
• Siders v. 20th Century Glove Corporation OF Texas (2016). The district court granted the plaintiffs' motion to remand and sent the case back to the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, rejecting General Electric's federal officer removal.
• Amick v. Ohio Power Company (2014). The court granted in part and denied in part Ohio Power Company's motion for a protective order, limiting the time periods and topics of the plaintiff's Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of OPC's corporate designee.
• Amick v. Ohio Power Company (2013). The magistrate judge granted Ohio Power Company's motion to compel, ordering the Amicks to answer interrogatories identifying manufacturers, suppliers and contractors and to disclose which entities settled or were dismissed without payment, though not the settlement amounts.
• Hamrick v. A & I Company (2009). The district court denied plaintiff Wanda Hamrick's motion to remand, holding that federal enclave jurisdiction supported removal to federal court by defendant Pratt & Whitney.