(December 21, 2015, 2:27 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — An almost two-decade delay in obtaining a ruling on jurisdiction arose in part from counsel’s specific strategy of volume asbestos filings, a New York justice held in denying equitable tolling in an opinion posted Dec. 18 (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, William E. Bartel and David C. Peebles, et al. v. Marine Transport Lines Inc., Waterman Steamship Corp., & John Crane Inc., No. 190360/2014, N.Y. Sup., New York Co.).

(Opinion available. Document #01-160106-008Z.)

William Bartel, David Peebles and Julie Quinlan filed...