Court Holds Asbestos Exposure Not Frequent Enough to Survive Summary Judgment

PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania courthouse employee who claimed that he was exposed to asbestos during the 1970s failed to show that his exposure was frequent enough to have caused his disease, a state appeals court has held in affirming summary judgment to two defendants named in the case. Morris v. Weil McClain Co., et al., No. 2829 EDA 2002 (Pa. Super. Ct.).

According to a decision released Sept. 10 by the Pennsylvania Superior Court, plaintiff Charles Morris failed to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate a level of exposure required to overcome a defense motion for summary judgment in an asbestos …