(Source: Bloomberg BNA, February 29, 2012)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal law dating from the heyday of steam trains governs locomotive equipment and preempts state-law claims based on a worker’s exposure to asbestos-containing brakes and insulation at railroad maintenance facilities, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Feb. 29 (Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp., U.S., No. 10-879, 2/29/12).
Full story: Bloomberg BNA