4th Circuit Won’t Stay Mandate During Appeal Of $32.7M Asbestos Verdict

Mealey's (October 19, 2020, 2:02 PM EDT) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 15 rejected an asbestos defendant’s request that the court stay a mandate while the company petitions the U.S. Supreme Court for review of an opinion affirming a $32.7 million verdict and rejecting the call for a comparative verdict analysis (Ann Finch, et al. v. Covil Corp., No. 19-1594, 4th Cir.)....