In a significant victory for insurers, the 3rd Circuit has ruled that occupational asbestos exposure does not meet Pennsylvania law's traditional definition of a workplace "accident," but instead must be treated as a "disease." In its opinion in USX Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. , a unanimous three-judge panel overturned a lower court's $2.2 million judgment after finding the district court had improperly relied on an inapplicable 1993 Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision.
April 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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In a significant victory for insurers, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that occupational asbestos exposure does not meet Pennsylvania law’s traditional definition of a workplace “accident,” but instead must be treated as a “disease.”
In its 16-page opinion in USX Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., a unanimous three-judge panel overturned a lower court’s $2.2 million judgment after finding it had improperly relied on a 1993 decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
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