MDL Judge Suggests JPML Cease Transfer of Future Asbestos Actions

PHILADELPHIA -- The judge overseeing the federal asbestos MDL has suggested that the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation halt the transfer of future actions to the coordinated docket, saying that a "limited number of jurisdictions are continuing to benefit from the transfer and consolidation of cases under MDL-875." In Re: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL No. 875 (E.D. Pa.).

In the Nov. 23 suggestion, Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania did note five situations in which cases could be transferred to the coordinated docket but noted that the "backlog …