ITT Denied Summary Judgment in Indemnification Dispute with Metso Automation

BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge has denied ITT Corp.’s motion for summary judgment in its dispute with Metso Automation USA Inc. over indemnification for asbestos-related personal injury suits, finding, among other things, issues of fact concerning the shipment date of the asbestos-containing products.

On Nov. 27, Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts allowed Metso to file a response under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(d).

From 1958 to 1985, ITT’s predecessor, ITT-Grinnell Valve Co. Inc., manufactured valves under the name "Hammel Dahl.” According to the court, at least some of …