NY Supreme Court, Appellate Division Denies Summary Judgment in Asbestos Case, Upholds Labor Laws
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NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In a monumental step forward for workers rights and employer accountability, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department denied a summary judgment (Case No. 2020-02378) submitted by the defendants of
Morgan v. Am. Home Assurance Co., et al. (Case No. 190063/16). The civil suit focused on a former Pan American World Airways, Inc. (Pan Am) employee who, while working at John F. Kennedy International Airport in the 1970s, was allegedly exposed to asbestos. Later in life, he developed mesothelioma, which led to his early death in 2015.