Judge Allows Late Fact Witness, Rejects English Law In Asbestos Spat

Mealey's (October 16, 2019, 1:32 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — There are legitimate explanations for why an aircraft company didn’t timely produce fact witnesses, but none for asbestos plaintiffs’ “unfathomable” delay in seeking application of English law to their case, a federal judge in Maryland said Oct. 15 (Richard W. Fullen, et al. v. 3M Co., et al., No. 17-207, D. Md., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177984)....