Asbestos Defendants: Woman Waited While Case Played Out Under Deemed Admissions

Mealey's (August 23, 2023, 2:10 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Having waited months before attempting to correct her own failure, and with discovery closed and the case on the eve of an asbestos trial, a woman was not entitled to withdraw an accidental admission that her husband did not suffer from an asbestos-related disease, and even if she were, there are ample other reasons to grant summary judgment, two defendants tell the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in an Aug. 22 answering brief....