Foster Wheeler Can’t Sink Ship Worker’s Asbestos Claim

• Estate of shipyard worker gets green light for asbestos exposure claims against Foster Wheeler • The ships on which he worked were new and the boilers likely contained original asbestos parts

Foster Wheeler LLC failed to shake asbestos exposure claims by the estate of a shipyard worker who allegedly worked in close proximity to the company’s boilers.

Because the ships were new when machinist Robert Hilt worked in the boiler rooms, the estate’s claim that he was exposed to the original asbestos-containing materials in the boilers, rather than third-party replacement parts is reasonable, the court said.

The company argued that the ...