(November 21, 2016, 1:58 PM EST) -- HONOLULU — Plaintiffs claiming that lawyers fraudulently conspired to hide information regarding the use of asbestos in a successful effort to drive down settlement amounts may join a diversity-defeating local law firm more than a decade after originally filing suit, a federal judge in Hawaii said Oct. 31 in remanding the case (Lorenzo Baclaan and Naomi Baclaan v. Combustion Engineering, et al., No. 03-325, George H. Toro and Vivian Toro, et al. v. Combustion Engineering, et al., No. 03-326, Theodore K. Hopkins and Ruby Hopkins v. Combustion Engineering, et al., No. 03-401, D. Hawaii)....