MDL Judge Declines to Rule on Component Parts Dispute, Dismisses GE

PHILADELPHIA -- The judge presiding over the federal Asbestos MDL has issued three separate orders in an asbestos case originating from Florida, denying summary judgment to two defendants, but dismissing the claims asserted against General Electric on government contractor grounds. Faddish, et al. v. Warren Pumps, et al., No. 09-70626 (E.D. Pa.).

In three separate orders issued Oct. 21, Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania also declined to weigh in on a component parts dispute brought by one of the defendants, saying that it would be "risky" to rule on the …