Judge: Allowing Claims Against Insureds To Proceed May Result In Undue Prejudice

Mealey's (July 19, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Granting an insolvent insurer’s motion to stay an asbestos liability lawsuit in its entirety, a federal judge in Louisiana held July 6 that allowing the plaintiffs to proceed against the insureds while the claims against the insolvent insurer are stayed “would frustrate the parties' ability to resolve the case as a whole and may result in undue prejudice to both plaintiff and defendant.”...