Asbestos Verdict Parties Debate Judgment After Settlement Disclosure, Death

(January 25, 2023, 2:05 PM EST) -- BUFFALO, N.Y. — A man’s death after an asbestos verdict did not preclude the court from performing the ministerial task of entering judgment, a plaintiff tells a New York justice.  But in a reply in support of its motion to vacate the judgment, the defendant tells the court that the death absolutely stayed the action and that it was told by a settled defendant that no settlement had been reached....