Parties Debate Consolidation Of Certain Injury Asbestos Cases Against Employer

Mealey's (March 4, 2024, 7:47 PM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — Superficial similarities do not warrant consolidated trial of four asbestos cases against a former employer under the certain injury exception, and any such trial would leave the jury with the “herculean task” of sorting through the evidence to determine how it applies to the various exposures, work locations and time periods, an employer tells a Connecticut judge in a March 1 amended opposition....