Federal Judge Won’t Extend Witness, Discovery Deadlines In Asbestos Case

Mealey's (February 15, 2018, 1:07 PM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A rail car company provided no justification for why it could not have identified an expert asbestos state-of-the-art witness prior to the passage of an already extended deadline, a federal judge in Kansas held Feb. 13 in denying a motion to extend discovery and disclosure periods (Nancy Little, et al. v. The Budd Co., No. 16-4170, D. Kan., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23230)....