Utah Court of Appeals: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 4 asbestos decisions from the Utah Court of Appeals (1992–2019). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• State: Utah
• Kind of court: State appeals court

Decisions

• Felix v. Novelis Corp. (2019). The Utah Court of Appeals reversed the district court's denial of Novelis Corporation's motion to dismiss, holding the Estate failed to show sufficient minimum contacts for specific personal jurisdiction in Utah.
• Riggs v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2013). The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court: the Liability Reform Act applied rather than the Comparative Negligence Act, and Union Carbide's JNOV motion and Georgia-Pacific's directed verdict motion were properly denied, so the jury's verdict for the plaintiff stood.
• One Beacon American v. Huntsman Polymers (2012). The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for Huntsman, holding Texas law governed and required the exposure trigger theory, so One Beacon must pay 100% of Huntsman's defense and settlement costs.
• Luckau v. Board of Review (1992). The Utah Court of Appeals reversed the Industrial Commission's denial of occupational disease death benefits to Becky Luckau and remanded for the Commission to reconsider the facts under the court's reading of the Last Injurious Exposure Rule, over a dissent.