Cabot appeals dispute over asset transfer agreement

Client(s) Cabot Corporation

Jones Day represents Cabot Corporation in an appeal involving the interpretation of a liability retention provision in an asset transfer agreement. The specific question on appeal concerns whether Cabot retained potential liability for coal dust exposures when it contractually agreed to retain liability for exposure to silica or silica products.

Cabot CSC Corp. v. Aearo Technologies LLC, No. 2016-P-0767 (Mass. App. Ct.)