Justice Finds New York Link Sufficient In English Woman’s Asbestos-Talc Suit

(April 3, 2020, 12:50 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Despite plaintiffs’ residence in England, use of allegedly asbestos-tainted consumer talc there, and mesothelioma treatments in the country, defendants have not met the heavy burden required for forum non conveniens dismissal, a New York justice held in an opinion posted April 1 (Hannah Louise Fletcher, et al. v. Avon Products Inc., et al., No. 190045/2019, N.Y. Sup., New York Co., 2020 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1344)....

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