Mobil's Objection to Mass Asbestos Trials are Premature, West Virginia Court Rules

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has refused to grant a motion by Mobil Corporation that challenged the procedure by which asbestos cases will be tried in state court over the next several months. State of West Virginia Ex Rel. Mobil Corp., et al. v. Honorable Martin J. Gaughan, et al., No. 30314 (W.Va. Sup. Ct.).

Denying the asbestos defendant's motion for writ of prohibition on April 25, the state's highest court said that many of the scheduling issues brought into question by Mobil have yet to be finalized and, as a result, are not ripe …