3rd Circuit Won’t Rehear Derivative Sovereign Immunity Ruling In Asbestos Action

(July 9, 2024, 11:03 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals entered a certified judgment after denying rehearing in a case in which it found in an unpublished opinion that because a U.S. Navy contractor complied with its contractual duties while operating a government-owned nuclear test laboratory, it is entitled to derivative sovereign immunity from an asbestos suit....