Wis. Appellate Court Reverses Denial of Summary Judgment Award to Pneumo Abex

MILWAUKEE -- A Wisconsin appellate court has reversed a nearly $1.5 million verdict, finding that the evidence did not support the placement of the defendant's product at the decedent's work location. Singer, et al. v. Pneumo Abex LLC, No. 2010AP2614 (Wis. Ct. App., Dist. I).

In the Jan. 18 opinion, District I of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals found that in order to rely on a causation inference, the plaintiffs must base their claims on more than a "mere possibility."

While employed as a painter and glass setter, John Pender contends that he was exposed to asbestos-containing materials. Pender later …