California Court Won’t Reconsider Default Judgments Ruling In Asbestos Tiff

Mealey's (January 14, 2019, 1:47 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California court on Jan. 9 denied a motion for reconsideration, leaving in place its conclusion that a trial court properly set aside millions of dollars in default judgments in an asbestos case after finding that a defunct company’s insurer possibly could have raised a meritorious defenses had it known of the actions, (William Mechling v. Asbestos Defendants, et al., James Greely v. Asbestos Defendants, et al., Omar Barstad v. Lamons Gasket Co., et al., Alexander Corns v. Amcord Inc., et al., Nos. A150132, A150134, A150125, A150138, Calif. App., 1st Dist.)....

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