N.Y. Court Consolidates 8 Asbestos Cases into 4 Trial Groups

NEW YORK –– A New York trial court has granted a plaintiff motion to consolidate eight asbestos cases for trial, but opted to split the cases into four trial groups instead of the proposed two.

In the March 20 order, the New York Supreme Court for New York County rejected defense objections to the consolidation plan, finding that there were common issues that predominated over individual issues in several of the cases that favored consolidation.

In February, the plaintiffs moved to have the eight cases consolidated for trial. In their proposed plan, the plaintiffs ask the court to try …