( October 7, 2024, 8:45 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A dispute over the proper appellate bond covering a nearly $9 million asbestos verdict continues after the parties were unable to come to an agreement, leading to supplemental briefing in which a defendant tells a Los Angeles court that its proffered bond is now complete while the plaintiffs argue that the company is not doing the math correctly and, having already shorted the bond, is acting with unclean hands....