NU Online News Service, Feb. 29, 4:00 p.m. EST
The Supreme Court today narrowed the grounds under which victims of damages from asbestos exposure can sue under state laws.
In Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp., No. 10-879, the court held 6-3 that state-law design-defect and failure-to-warn claims fall within the field of locomotive-equipment regulation pre-empted by the Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA).
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