Oil Company: Asbestos Settlement Offer Valid; Costs Properly Awarded

(February 22, 2021, 10:30 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A widow knew that she would lose on summary judgment but still declined an offer to settle her asbestos case, and her interpretation of how that process should now play out would undercut the entire rationale to California’s settlement procedure, an oil company tells a California appeals court in a Jan. 21 brief....