Judge Strikes Third-Party Witness Testimony In Insurer, Reinsurer’s Coverage Dispute

Mealey's (November 22, 2017, 12:51 PM EST) -- UTICA, N.Y. — Before trial in a dispute over a $325 million settlement of asbestos claims, a New York federal judge on Nov. 21 granted an insurer’s request to strike a reinsurer’s submission of deposition testimony in another case by a third-party witness as inadmissible hearsay (Utica Mutual Insurance Co. v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., No. 09-00853, N.D. N.Y.)....