New York City Asbestos Litigation
Recent News About New York City Asbestos Litigation
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California tops list of ‘judicial hellholes’ by tort reform group
New York City’s asbestos court, Florida, Missouri and Illinois’ Madison County round out the American Tort Reform Association’s newest top five “most unfair.” -
NYC asbestos firm seeks info behind study on lucrative consolidated trials, will drop it if defendants stop mentioning it
Plaintiffs lawyers practicing in New York City’s controversial asbestos court are attempting to subpoena the authors of a recent study that showed trials featuring multiple plaintiffs result in larger per-claimant verdicts than individual trials. -
NYC asbestos judge sets plans for new rules governing cases
Judge Peter Moulton won't grant the stay asked for by defendants in NYC asbestos lawsuits, but he will allow defendants to work with plaintiffs attorneys to create new rules in the case management order. NYC's asbestos docket was rated the most plaintiff-friendly by a national legal reform group last year. -
Three consolidated trials planned in NYCAL
Citing data showing they face higher verdicts when it happens, defendants claimed consolidating separate plaintiffs' lawsuits into one trial is unfair. The judge said that isn't the case, but refused to grant request for eight- and five-plaintiff trials. -
Ford accused Weitz & Luxenberg of gaming asbestos recovery system during $11M case; Firm denied claims
Ford said firm intentionally didn't file client's possible claims with bankruptcy trusts to boost verdict, while Weitz & Luxenberg showed one trust wasn't accepting claims and alleged the other wouldn't have paid much. -
Doctor in Sheldon Silver case treated plaintiff three weeks before Weitz firm filed possible $11M lawsuit
The doctor who is alleged to have steered mesothelioma patients to the law firm of then-New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver treated a now-deceased man 22 days before Silver’s firm filed a lawsuit on the man’s behalf that resulted in an $11 million verdict. -
NYCAL plaintiffs say no need to stay cases to create new case management practices
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs attorneys in what has been called the most plaintiff-friendly jurisdiction in the country have responded to a request to stay asbestos lawsuits for 60 days, saying it is neither “the time nor the occasion." -
Study shows $24M per NYC asbestos plaintiff in consolidated trials
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Asbestos cases that are consolidated for trial in New York City’s asbestos docket result in larger jury awards, according to a study by an economic consulting firm. -
Defendants in NYC asbestos court say it has become too unfair, ask for stay
NEW YORK CITY (Legal Newsline) – Defendants in what has been described as the most plaintiff-friendly jurisdiction in the country have asked its new judge to put a stop to things in order to amend the case management order that governs it. -
NYCAL selects 108 cases, 56 from Weitz firm, for extremis cluster
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – The court that hears asbestos cases in New York City has placed 108 cases on a docket designed to accommodate plaintiffs in extreme critical condition. -
Replaced NYCAL judge was 'hands-off,' allowed asbestos plaintiffs bar to 'run the show,' defense attorneys say
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Recent reports in the New York media paint the New York City Asbestos Litigation court and its former chief judge as essentially dirty, giving special treatment to a certain plaintiffs law firm and paving the way for hefty paydays. -
Report: Heitler out as judge of NYC's controversial asbestos court
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The judge who oversaw New York City’s asbestos litigation docket while it became one of the most controversial courts in the nation has reportedly been replaced. -
N.Y. politician facing corruption charges over employment at asbestos, real estate law firms
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A prominent New York politician received millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income, federal prosecutors are alleging. -
Report: N.Y. Assembly speaker under federal investigation over law firm income
ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – A prominent New York politician is reportedly under investigation by federal authorities, not for his long-secret earnings from a major asbestos plaintiffs firm but for payments made to him from a small tax firm. -
N.Y. asbestos judge refuses to change controversial punitive damages order
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Days after receiving a lot of heat for her punitive damages order in the New York City Asbestos Litigation court, Judge Sherry Klein Heitler denied several motions opposing her April decision to allow punitive damages in asbestos cases. -
NYC's asbestos court called the most unfair in the nation by tort reform group
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Recent developments in New York City’s asbestos docket have caused it to be declared the No. 1 Judicial Hellhole by a national legal reform group. -
Resin manufacturer files for bankruptcy; asbestos cases are stayed
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A North Carolina resin manufacturer and its affiliates that have been named in numerous asbestos lawsuits have filed for protection under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to address its current and future asbestos liability. -
Order allowing punitive damages in NYC asbestos cases violated state law, defendants say
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Asbestos defendants opposing punitive damages in the New York City Asbestos Litigation court have requested a stay on the order in order to renew and reargue the issue. -
Fight rages over punitive damages in N.Y. asbestos cases; Defendants claim 'chaos'
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Nearly four months after New York Supreme Court Justice Sherry Klein Heitler reinstated claims for punitive damages in the New York City Asbestos Litigation, the parties continue to fight over whether the order was proper.
