Although society has known about the link between asbestos and mesothelioma for about a century, that doesn’t make the stories of hardworking people who died after contracting mesothelioma any less tragic. Unfortunately, those stories include the story of Richard Shellenberger, a general manager of dairy plant operations at Lancaster County-based Kreider Farms, who died after being exposed to asbestos while employed there.
Recently, in Shellenberger v. Kreider Farms, 2023 PA Super 1—note: a case in which Shein Law represented the Shellenbergers—the Pennsylvania Superior Court overturned a trial court ruling granting summary judgment in favor of Kreider Farms regarding Shellenberger’s negligence claims that would have prevented a jury from hearing his story. In doing so, the Superior Court reminded attorneys about two important pillars of workplace premise liability jurisprudence.
