Frequency, regularity and proximity not established in asbestos case

PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge in the nation’s asbestos multidistrict litigation court has held that summary judgment was proper in a case that, he says, failed to establish the frequency, regularity and proximity standards in proving causation.

Judge Eduardo Robreno delivered the Oct. 15 opinion in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granting summary judgment for defendant Heidelberg USA, Inc.