Diversity Destroying Amendment ‘Suspicious,’ Judge Says In Asbestos-Talc Case

Mealey's (July 29, 2021, 8:11 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in California on July 15 deemed “suspicious” a man’s attempts at joining two diversity destroying retailer defendants to an asbestos case on the heels of removal and likely transfer to multidistrict litigation, but concluded that the claims are likely also barred by the statute of limitations and invalid and denied remand and granted stay....