Union Pacific Beats Asbestos Claim; Ford Still on the Hook

Union Pacific Railroad is off the hook for mesothelioma claims by the widow of a man allegedly exposed to asbestos as a child brought home on his father’s work clothes.

Leslie Jack failed to show that asbestos-containing products were used at any Union Pacific workplace at any point in her husband’s lifetime, the Western District of Washington said.

The testimony of a physician of environmental and occupational medicine that Mr. Jack’s father was likely exposed to asbestos containing cement and insulation at Union Pacific work sites— based on the period of his employment, and descriptions of the piping and insulation ...