ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – A North Carolina federal court granted dismissal of false representation/fraud claims for eight defendants in an asbestos lawsuit based on the plaintiffs’ poor arguments and failure to support their allegations.

Judge Terrence W. Boyle of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina delivered the June 9 decision.

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