Honeywell International Beats Bendix Brakes Asbestos Claim

Honeywell International Inc. beat back wrongful death claims made by the estate of a mechanic allegedly exposed to asbestos while working with Bendix brakes.

The duration of Gus Dove’s exposure wasn’t long enough to pursue a claim for asbestos-related injuries under Delaware law, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware said.

The state’s “product nexus standard” requires that a plaintiff present evidence of “daily and continuous proximity” to the product “for more than a de minimis period of time,” the court said.

Dove’s deposition statement that he conducted ten brake jobs over two years using Bendix brakes wasn’t ...