Del. Judge Recommends Summary Judgment for Air & Liquid, Flowserve in Asbestos Case

WILMINGTON, Del. –– A Delaware magistrate judge has recommended that summary judgment be awarded to Air & Liquid Systems Corp. and Flowserve US Inc. in an asbestos personal injury lawsuit, concluding that while the plaintiffs had presented some product identification evidence, it failed to meet the frequency, regularity, or proximately standard.

In a March 25 Report and Recommendation, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sherry R. Fallon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware concluded that the plaintiffs had failed to create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the products were a substantial factor in causing …