Tobacco Defendant’s Failure To Produce Asbestos Evidence Not Willful, Justice Says

(February 22, 2024, 3:45 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — There is no evidence that a tobacco company’s failure to produce reports it no longer has in its possession about testing performed on asbestos-containing Micronite cigarette filters was willful, a New York justice said in denying a motion that sought to compel production or dismiss the company’s answer....