Judge Orders Deposition Of Defunct Asbestos Defendant’s Representative

Mealey's (April 25, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — While a couple did not comply with rules governing discovery in a dispute over a company’s failure to disclose a corporate representative, their failure did not alter the outcome or prejudice a defunct shipbuilder’s defense of an asbestos case, a federal judge in California held April 20 (John Newton Jones v. General Electric Co., et al., No. 17-5446, N.D. Calif.)....