Missouri Asbestos Case Law

Asbestos decisions from Missouri's courts and the federal courts there: 54 cases in our library so far. For what the law requires today, see Missouri asbestos laws; for where exposure happened, see Missouri asbestos exposure sites.

Federal district courts

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

• Brauer Supply Company 542 (G) Asbestos Personal Injury Trust v. Atlanta International Ins. Co. (2012). The district court denied the insurers' motions to strike and exclude the expert testimony of Dr. Gabrielson and Mr. Posner, so the Brauer Supply Trust won, and it gave the insurers extra time to depose Posner.
• Carey v. JP Bushnell Packing Supply Company (2011). The court granted the Careys' motion to remand to the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, finding MSA had not shown that J.P. Bushnell was fraudulently joined.
• Families for Asbestos Compliance Testing and Safety v. City of St. Louis (2009). After a bench trial, the court dismissed the citizen group FACTS's Clean Air Act claim against the City of St. Louis for lack of standing, so the City prevailed and no penalties or injunction were ordered.

U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri

• Holzer v. Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Co. (2017). The district court granted the Holzers' motion to remand to the Circuit Court of Jackson County, rejecting Athene's fraudulent joinder argument, because non-diverse defendant Fuhrco was not fraudulently joined and the court lacked diversity jurisdiction.