Derivative Sovereign Immunity, Duty Arguments Fail In Magistrate Judge Challenge

( October 3, 2024, 12:05 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A helicopter manufacturer has not shown that its aircraft didn’t include asbestos-containing parts, that it cannot be liable for those parts or that either the government contractor defense or derivative sovereign immunity protects it from liability in an asbestos case, a federal judge in Delaware said in partially denying summary judgment while adopting a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation....