New York Justice Reinstates Punitive Damages Claims In Asbestos Case

Mealey's (August 5, 2019, 12:50 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — An order governing New York asbestos litigation provided specific remedies for challenging procedural errors in plaintiffs’ pursuit of punitive damage claims against two companies, but a pretrial attempt at dismissing them is not among the options, a justice said in reinstating a plaintiff’s claims in an Aug. 2 opinion (Richard Carlstrand, et al. v. Aerco International Inc., No. 190194/17, N.Y. Sup., New York Co.)....