In a series of asbestos cases where all the parties, including the plaintiffs, agreed that there was not enough evidence to determine that a man’s mesothelioma was caused by inhaling asbestos dust from the defendants’ products, the state Supreme Court has ruled to overturn a Superior Court panel’s ruling that had greenlighted the plaintiffs’ case.
In three lawsuits, consolidated under Howard v. A.W. Chesterton, the justices, in a per curiam order, vacated the opinion of the state Superior Court and reinstated the decision of a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge to grant summary judgment and dismiss the plaintiffs’ case.
