April 21, 2009
A judge has ordered nearly 900 plaintiffs in asbestos product liability multidistrict litigation to file severed and amended complaints within 60 days, finding that the plaintiffs' claims do not involve injuries arising from the same transactions or occurrences.
February 26, 2009
A judge presiding over the asbestos product liability multidistrict litigation has denied bids by the plaintiffs' physicians to quash subpoenas of documents related to patient diagnoses, but did find the subpoenas' scope to be overly broad.
April 17, 2008
Lawyers representing hundreds of plaintiffs in the massive asbestos products liability action have asked a court to order defendants into mediation, claiming their clients are dying while their cases wait to be heard in the plodding multidistrict litigation.
June 13, 2007
A group of defendants in an asbestos products liability class action have opposed the plaintiffs' efforts to quash several subpoenas of doctors and lawyers related to the discovery process.