Mealey's (July 27, 2021, 1:32 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A judge heard opening arguments in a bench trial on July 26 in an asbestos colon cancer case involving a drywall taper after a judge in California said the novel coronavirus made meeting the original deadline for trial “impossible, impracticable, or futile” and that the defendant waived the defense by not objecting earlier....