Summary judgment granted in asbestos case after claimant failed to respond

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – A North Carolina federal judge has concluded that summary judgment was proper for seven defendants in an asbestos lawsuit after the claimant failed to respond to any of the defendants’ motions.

Judge Martin Reidinger’s Sept. 23 order granting summary judgment came out of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, concluding that “all seven of the defendants’ forecasts of evidence is sufficient to establish that no genuine dispute exists as to any of the material facts.”