Viad Corp. Awarded Summary Judgment by Asbestos MDL Court, Which Cites Insufficient Product ID Evidence

PHILADELPHIA –– A manufacturer of evaporators aboard U.S. Naval ships has been awarded summary judgment by the court overseeing the national Asbestos Products Liability Multidistrict Litigation, which agreed with a recommendation that a finding of liability against Viad Corp. would be “impermissibly conjectural.”

In the March 13 order, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania adopted a report and recommendation issued by a magistrate judge, who determined that there was insufficient evidence linking the decedent’s illness to asbestos exposure from Viad’s products.

Theresa Schott asserted the claims, contending that her husband, Robert, was exposed to asbestos while …