Federal Magistrate Says Plaintiffs Must Comply With State's Trust Transparency Law

(August 5, 2020, 9:43 AM EDT) -- FARGO, N.D. — Two asbestos plaintiffs must comply with the North Dakota Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Transparency Act before they can continue their survivor actions against several corporate defendants, and a question about the constitutionality of the act does not need go before the North Dakota Supreme Court, a federal magistrate judge ruled July 8 (Dorothy Kotalik v. A.W. Chesterton Company, et al., No. 3:18-cv-246, Catherine Selfors v. Apollo Piping Supply, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:18-cv-251, D. N.D., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137483)....