A federal judge has allowed a series of shipbuilding-related asbestos cases to proceed, despite the defendants’ assertion that the plaintiffs were barred from bringing them because the cases were not listed as assets in the plaintiffs’ respective bankruptcies.

In similar memorandums for 11 cases, U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

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