N.Y. Federal Court Rules in Favor of Defendant in 3rd-Party Products Dispute

NEW YORK -- A New York federal court has thrown out asbestos claims against Crane Co., ruling that the defendant could not be held liable for injuries allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos insulation supplied by a third party and later applied to the defendant's boilers. Surre v. Foster Wheeler LLC, et al., No. 07-9431 (S.D. N.Y.).

In the Dec. 20 decision, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York additionally rejected the plaintiffs' foreseeability argument, ruling that a duty to warn does not arise from foreseeability alone and that the defendant had not played any role …