Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that public policy considerations “weight ] against holding manufacturers liable for harm caused by asbestos products they did not manufacture or distribute because those manufacturers cannot account for the costs of liability created by the third parties’ products”
• explaining the policy rationale for holding only those who make or sell the injurious product liable for the injuries alleged
• discussing Simonetta, Braaten, and O’Neil as decisions which “have [] held that a defendant manufacturer is not liable for a third party’s asbestos products when the defendant is not part of the ‘chain of distribution’ of the asbestos product”
• “[Ujn-der maritime law, a manufacturer is not liable for harm caused by, and owes no duty to warn of the hazards inherent in, asbestos products that the manufacturer did not manufacture or distribute.”
• discussing Lindstrom, and certain California and Washington state court decisions
• “[A] number of state courts ... that have considered this issue have similarly held that a defendant manufacturer is not hable for a third party’s asbestos products when the defendant is not part of the “chain of distribution” of the asbestos product.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Faddish v. Buffalo Pumps
  S.D. Florida· 2012-08-02· cited 23×
• Cabasug v. Crane Co.
  D. Hawaii· 2013-11-26· cited 20×
• Quirin v. Lorillard Tobacco Co.
  N.D. Illinois· 2014-02-14· cited 18×
• Walker v. Blackmer Pump Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-02-14· cited 17×
• Schwartz v. Abex Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-05-27· cited 15×
• Mack v. General Electric Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-10-03· cited 15×
• Morgan v. Bill Vann Co.
  S.D. Alabama· 2013-08-30· cited 11×
• Filer v. Foster Wheeler LLC
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2014-01-29· cited 9×
• Waite v. AII Acquisition Corp.
  S.D. Florida· 2016-07-11· cited 8×
• Various v. Various
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-04-03· cited 7×
• Chesher v. 3M Co.
  D. South Carolina· 2017-02-13· cited 6×
• May v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-10-03· cited 5×
• Evans v. CBS Corp.
  D. Delaware· 2017-01-19· cited 5×
• Thurmon v. A.W. Chesterton, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2014-11-21· cited 4×
• MacQueen v. Warren Pumps LLC
  D. Delaware· 2017-03-31· cited 4×
• John B. DeVries v. General Electric Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-05-19· cited 3×
• Warren v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2016-06-29· cited 2×
• Charlevoix v. Caterpillar, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 2017-03-08· cited 2×
• Carolyn Coffman v. Armstrong International, Inc. - Dissenting
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2021-01-04
• Evans v. Flowserve U.S. Inc.
  D. Delaware· 2017-03-08

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Van Dusen v. Barrack
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-30· cited 3,077×
• East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-16· cited 1,227×
• Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-27· cited 1,208×
• American Eagle Outfitters v. Lyle & Scott Ltd.
  Third Circuit· 2009-09-11· cited 385×
• In Re KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1983. Appeal of Plaintiffs Steering Committee
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-09-25· cited 309×
• Chan v. Korean Air Lines, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-18· cited 264×
• Pignataro v. Port Auth. of New York and New Jersey
  Third Circuit· 2010-01-27· cited 182×
• O'NEIL v. Crane Co.
  California Supreme Court· 2012-01-12· cited 151×
• Rastelli v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1992-03-31· cited 148×
• Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery Co. Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2009-02-25· cited 72×
• Simonetta v. Viad Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-12-11· cited 68×
• Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-12-11· cited 61×
• Stark v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-10-03· cited 51×
• Ruth M. Noel and William H. Frantz, Executors of the Estate of Marshal L. Noel, Deceased, in No. 14727 v. United Aircraft Corporation, in No. 14730
  Third Circuit· 1965-02-15· cited 41×
• Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2011-07-22· cited 40×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-08-15· cited 37×
• Various v. Various
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2009-12-10· cited 35×
• Ocean Barge Transport Co. v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. Mintec/international, a Division of Barber-Green Company
  Third Circuit· 1984-02-10· cited 33×
• Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. General Electric Company, Sea-Land Service, Inc. (\Sea-Land\)
  Third Circuit· 1998-01-15· cited 33×