MDL Judge Denies Summary Judgment on Statute of Limitation Grounds

PHILADELPHIA -- The court overseeing the national asbestos MDL has declined to award summary judgment to a shareholder defendant, ruling that there is evidence that a portion of the plaintiffs' claims were governed by Alabama's discovery rule since they accrued after 1979. Archer v. Mead Corp., et al., No. 09-70093; McGuffie v. Mead Corp., et al., No. 09-70095; Riggs v. Mead Corp., et al., No. 09-70094 (E.D. Pa.).

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania did rule on July 29, however, that the defendant was entitled to summary judgment on some of the claims, including whether it …