Wisconsin Court Throws Out Some Non-Occupational Asbestos Exposure Claims Against Weyerhaeuser

MADISON, Wis. –– A Wisconsin federal court has awarded summary judgment to Weyerhaeuser Co. in five asbestos cases asserting claims against the company for non-occupational exposure, saying, in part, that the studies cited by the plaintiff experts only support a finding of substantial exposure for those that lived within 1.25 miles of the defendant’s facility.

In the 62-page order issued on Feb. 19, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin did allow the public nuisance claims of three plaintiffs to proceed, opining that they had proven that they lived within 1.25 miles of the plant for at …