Federal Magistrate Stays Asbestos Liability Suit Following Insurer’s Liquidation

Mealey's (June 22, 2021, 12:43 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — In an effort “to ensure that this litigation proceeds in an efficient and orderly fashion,” a federal magistrate judge in Louisiana on June 16 issued a six-month administrative stay of an entire asbestos liability lawsuit from the date of a Pennsylvania state court's liquidation order involving an insurer defendant....