New York Justice Quashes Subpoenas Seeking Settled Defendants’ Trial Testimony

Mealey's (March 22, 2018, 1:39 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The new case management order governing asbestos trials permits two defendants to introduce interrogatories and deposition testimony from settled defendants but does not allow them to call corporate representatives from those companies, a New York justice held in a trio of opinions posted March 21 (In re:  New York City Asbestos Litigation, Mary Murphy-Clagett v. A.O. Smith Water Products, et al., No. 190311/15, Kelly O’Connor v. A.O. Smith, et al., No. 190147/15, N.Y. Sup., New York Co.)....