Plaintiff: Rulings Wrongly Cut Short Merit Determinations In Asbestos Case

Mealey's (April 28, 2023, 2:18 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A judge improperly denied a motion to withdraw admissions made inadvertently due to electronic issues, resulting in summary judgment for two asbestos defendants when the case should have been decided on the merits, while carefully “parsing and weighing” the evidence to prevent a merits resolution for a third defendant as well, a widow tells the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in an April 27 opening brief....