(August 14, 2019, 10:16 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A plaintiff did not abandon claims when he stated at jury selection that a settlement was likely with some remaining defendants, and the absence of those defendants in an automobile asbestos defendant’s removal renders it defective, a federal judge in California held Aug. 9 (Arthur Putt, et al. v. CBS Corp., et al., No. 19-6909, C.D. Calif.)....