Asbestos Exposure Case Revived on Appeal; Overall Record Sufficient to Establish Claim

The survivors of a deckhand who died of mesothelioma allegedly caused by his exposure to asbestos while working on commercial barges will have another chance to pursue their claims against his employer, after a New Jersey appeals court found triable issues of fact, in an unpublished March 3 opinion (Latter v. 3M Co., 2015 BL 55703, N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div., A-2714-13T4, 3/3/15).

A jury could infer that, based on the totality of evidence presented by the survivors of John Latter, he was exposed to asbestos-containing pipe insulation on commercial dredges owned by American Atlantic Co. and ...