Magistrate Judge Rejects Attempt To ‘Smuggle’ In Extra Asbestos Discovery

Mealey's (November 22, 2019, 1:46 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A motion to compel appears to be an attempt to smuggle in follow-up interrogatories, but a second company’s responses are a “non-sequitur” and must be clarified, a federal magistrate judge in Pennsylvania said in Nov. 21 asbestos litigation rulings (In re: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, Robert J. Kraus, et al. v. Alcatel-Lucent, et al., No. 18-2119, E.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 200883)....