Magistrate Judge: Removing Talc Defendants Fail To Show Fraudulent Joinder

Mealey's (September 21, 2018, 2:11 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A mesothelioma sufferer would not be expected to know the specifics of how liability could attach to certain defendants, and his inability to determine why his counsel named a particular company does not suggest fraudulent joinder, a federal magistrate judge in Florida said Sept. 18 in recommending remand of an asbestos-talc and friction-products case (Carlos Vazquez v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co., et al., No. 18-23029, S.D. Fla., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160118)....