Judge Declines Default In Asbestos Case Against John Crane Inc.

Mealey's (October 26, 2022, 1:44 PM EDT) -- NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A company cannot “credibly claim ignorance” about the need to respond to wrongful death asbestos claims in an amended complaint and must have failed to respond through carelessness or bad faith, but default is too strong a sanction, a federal judge in Virginia said....