Third-Party Asbestos Defendants Denied Judgment Ahead of Discovery Deadline



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  • Order & Reasons


NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has refused to award summary judgment to two third-party defendants in a Louisiana asbestos lawsuit after determining that the motions, based entirely on the substance of plaintiff’s deposition, were filed months prior to the close of discovery.

In an Oct. 7 decision, Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana deemed the motions premature, given that more discovery could substantiate third-party allegations that the plaintiff was exposed to the moving defendants’ products.

General Electric Co. and CBS Corp. were brought into the suit by defendant Huntington Ingalls …

FIRM NAMES
  • Blue Williams
  • Frilot
  • Heard Robins Cloud
  • Liskow & Lewis





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