Despite COVID Complications, Judge Won’t Alter Asbestos Scheduling Order

Mealey's (June 2, 2020, 2:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Expressing concerns about the “ripple effect” such a move could have, a federal in California on May 27 declined to alter a previously amended scheduling order to allow for amended expert testimony despite complications posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic (In re Toy Asbestos Litigation, No. 19-325, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92514)....