Plaintiff Failed to Meet Exposure Requirements in Take-Home Asbestos Case, Pa. Court Holds

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania appeals court affirmed awards of summary judgment for numerous defendants in a take-home asbestos case, ruling that co-worker testimony offered on behalf of the plaintiff failed to produce sufficient evidence of frequent, regular and proximate exposure to the defendants’ products.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled Oct. 3 that while the record in the case includes evidence that asbestos-containing products were present in the workplace of the plaintiff’s husband, none of the evidence places him in proximity of specific products at specific times.

The holding affirms an August 2012 decision from the Philadelphia County Court of Common …