Dismissal of Asbestos Cases Against Four Companies Upheld

Asbestos exposure claims brought by the survivor of a South Carolina shipyard worker don’t have enough evidentiary support and must be dismissed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled (Pace v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp., 2016 BL 98403, 4th Cir., 14-2416, 3/30/16).

Christine Pace, the widow of William Pace, a longtime worker at the Charleston Naval Shipyard who died of mesothelioma, argued there was sufficient circumstantial evidence her husband was exposed to asbestos-containing products manufactured by Crane Co., CBS Corp., Goulds Pumps Inc. and Air & Liquid Systems Corp.

The Fourth Circuit wasn’t ...