Ohio Suits In Asbestos MDL Booted For Lack of Jurisdiction

By Khadijah M. Britton (September 26, 2014, 7:06 PM EDT) -- A Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing multidistrict asbestos litigation brought by merchant marines ended 225 of their suits in a decision published Thursday, saying it lacked jurisdiction over the defendant companies because they had never shipped in Ohio, where the suits were brought....

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