Judge Adopts Report Rejecting Challenges To Asbestos Pleadings, Jurisdiction

(September 12, 2017, 1:01 PM EDT) -- ASHEVILLE, N.C. — An asbestos defendant’s argument that a plaintiff had not met the pleading standard imposes an overly restrictive reading of federal rules, and a second defendant relies on evidence outside the pleadings in attempting to challenge jurisdiction, a federal judge in North Carolina held Sept. 5 in adopting a pair of magistrate judge rulings (Tommy Lineberger, et al. v. CBS Corp., et al., No. 16-390, W.D. N.C.)....