Law Firm: Asbestos Deposition Isn’t Court Record, Jurisdiction Can’t Be Revived

Mealey's (November 7, 2017, 12:28 PM EST) -- DALLAS — A court lacks jurisdiction over 20-year-old deposition testimony into the creation of a memo some believe shows lawyers coaching asbestos witnesses because the testimony is not a court document, plaintiffs and their law firm told  a Texas appeals court on Nov. 3 (Christine Cole Biederman v. Beverly Jean Brown, et al., No. 01-07-00263-CV, Texas App., 1st Dist.)....