N.J. Appeals Court Activates Bond Rule to Dismiss Widow's Compensation Claim

TRENTON, N.J. - Hearing no sufficient evidence of workplace asbestos exposure, an appeals court in New Jersey has affirmed dismissal, under the Bond rule, of three workers' comp claims filed by the widow of a man who died as a result of lung cancer. Adamsky v. Sloan Acoustics, Inc., et al., No. A-6586-98T5 (N.J. App. Ct.).

The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, dismissed the cases Dec. 16, ruling that since exposure to asbestos was alleged at the plaintiff's most recent place of employment, and there existed no proof of exposure at previous job sites, claims against the employers at …