In Tentative Ruling, Judge Denies Sanctions After Asbestos Defense Verdict

(December 13, 2023, 1:56 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — In the wake of a jury finding Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. and Foster Wheeler LLC not negligent in a maritime asbestos case, a federal judge in California issued a tentative ruling on Dec. 12 preliminarily finding no sanctionable conduct on the part of a trio of attorneys, one accused of stalling in seeking a trial continuance, one accused of misrepresenting whether a client countered a settlement offer and one accused of causing confusion over whether an expert could testify live....