Federal Judge Won’t Add Transportation Department To Asbestos Suit

(July 7, 2020, 8:46 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Maine — Allowing a railroad to interplead a state transportation department defendant would likely require reopening discovery and prejudice the plaintiff by introducing a host of new issues into the litigation, a federal judge in Maine said in denying the motion on June 19 (Victor Coffin, et al. v. Ametek Inc., et al., No. 18-472, D. Maine, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107910)....