Mealey's (January 3, 2018, 1:54 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A court should dismiss five asbestos plaintiffs from a group of 258 consolidated appeals, where one plaintiff’s identical state court action was dismissed with prejudice and the other four failed to file timely appeals, ship owners told the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 29 in defense of personal jurisdiction dismissals (James Matthews, et al. v. Chas, Kurz & Co. Inc., et al., Nos. 16-4146, 16-4269, 16-4354, 16-4757, 17-3238, 17-3480, 17-3735, 17-3915, 17-3918, 6th Cir.)....