Judge Permits Some Discovery Into Brazilian Company’s U.S. Asbestos Sales

Mealey's (December 15, 2020, 1:50 PM EST) -- BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A Brazilian company must respond to reasonably framed discovery requests inquiring about the sale of asbestos-containing products in the United States, and the third-party asbestos plaintiff may amend its notice to cure requests rendered unreasonable by their broadness or lack of time limit, a federal judge in Kentucky said Dec. 9 (Jack Papineau, et al. v. Brake Supply Company Inc., et al., No. 18-168, W.D. Ky., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 231292)....