S.C. Court Awards Summary Judgment to Foster Wheeler in Asbestos Suit

CHARLESTON, S.C. –– A South Carolina federal court has awarded summary judgment to Foster Wheeler in an asbestos exposure suit, saying that the plaintiffs had failed to prove that the decedent was exposed to asbestos in the defendant’s boilers.

In the Dec. 29 opinion, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina wrote that the plaintiffs had failed to establish any exposure to asbestos in Foster Wheeler’s products, never mind with the requisite frequency and regularity as required by state law.

The plaintiffs asserted the claims on behalf of Elijah Sparkman Jr., contending that his employment at …