Asbestos Defendant Fails In Bid For Appeal Of Ruling Denying Dismissal

Mealey's (October 6, 2017, 4:41 PM EDT) -- ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A company unable to escape what it portrays as a “shotgun” asbestos complaint at the motion to dismiss stage has not shown that an interlocutory appeal is warranted or that it would help forward the litigation, a federal judge in North Carolina held Oct. 5 (Tommy Lineberger, et al. v. CBS Corp., et al., No. 16-390, W.D. N.C.)....