A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has resolved more than 500,000 asbestos claims in four months with a simple method: by ordering that each plaintiff state a specific case against each company being sued.
Legal Newsline reporter Aricka Flowers wrote: "Legal analysts say the order has made it difficult, if not impossible, for some plaintiffs to maintain their case."
As Lester Brickman, a law professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, explained in the article, the key to Robreno's cleanup strategy is his call for an Administrative Order Number 12, which requires the plaintiffs to produce basic information about each of their claims or dismiss the case.
Several opinion pieces published in California papers recently have explored issues with asbestos litigation in the state. Click here for details.