Defendant Asks Federal Court To Defer Summary Judgment Motions In Asbestos Suit

Mealey's (November 17, 2021, 6:01 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — Following a Louisiana federal judge’s administrative stay of an asbestos liability lawsuit from the date a Pennsylvania court declared one of the defendant’s insurers insolvent, another defendant on Nov. 10 asked that two other defendants’ motions for summary judgment be deferred until plaintiffs can be substituted as a party in an asbestos liability lawsuit....