3rd Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Asbestos Cases for Failure to Comply with AO 12

PHILADELPHIA –– The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has denied attempts by several asbestos plaintiffs to have an order dismissing their claims reversed, backing the national MDL court’s requirement that plaintiffs must submit sufficient exposure histories.

In the Oct. 17 opinion, the 3rd Circuit further opined that the plaintiffs could not assert challenges of improper retroactive application since they were put on notice of the requirement in a decision issued by the MDL court eight months before their own claims were dismissed.

Plaintiffs Harold Landes, George Conner, Walter J. Specht, and Thomas Streber contended in their …