Settlement with Asbestos Product Makers May Have Relinquished Premise Owner's Obligation, Appeals Court Finds

BATON ROUGE - An appeals court in Louisiana has vacated a trial court's decision to amend a judgment for plaintiffs in an asbestos case and remanded for a determination of whether the plaintiffs reserved their rights against a premises defendant when they settled with several asbestos product manufacturers. Hebert v. Anco Insulation, Inc., No. 2000 CA 1929 (La. Ct. App., 1st App.)

The First Circuit Louisiana Court of Appeal in a decision issued July 31 said it would uphold a decision maintaining the exceptions of lack of personal jurisdiction of several employees who worked for Dow Chemical Co., which was …