Calif. Court Awards Summary Judgment to Asbestos Defendant Pneumo Abex

LOS ANGELES –– A California federal court has awarded summary judgment to asbestos defendant Pneumo Abex LLC, finding that the plaintiff had failed to present enough competent and admissible evidence to support his claims against the brake defendant.

In a Dec. 10 order, The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California wrote that plaintiff Paul Olds had failed to provide evidence that his injury was caused by asbestos-containing products put into the stream of commerce by Pneumo Abex.

In its order, the District Court listed the uncontroverted material facts and the supporting evidence for that information. …