(DOWNLOAD) "In Re West Virginia Asbestos Litigation" by In the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia September 2003 Term # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In Re West Virginia Asbestos Litigation
- Author : In the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia September 2003 Term
- Release Date : January 04, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
Description
These certified questions come to the Court from a mass litigation proceeding from Kanawha County in which several thousand current and former railroad employees allege that they have been injured by exposure to asbestos-containing products. The employees sued both the railroads and the manufacturers of various products used by the railroads. The defendant manufacturers moved for summary judgment and asserted that federal law preempted the plaintiffs claims against them. The lower court denied the motions for summary judgment and certified the following questions to this Court: