NYC Asbestos Special Master Allows Deposition of Plaintiffs’ Pathologist to Move Forward in Italy

NEW YORK –– A special master overseeing the New York asbestos docket has issued a recommendation allowing a deposition of the plaintiff’s pathologist to move forward as scheduled in Milan, Italy.

In a recommendation written Sept. 26, New York Supreme Court for New York County Special Master Shelley Rossoff Olsen additionally ordered that co-worker depositions must take place on a week other than the vacation week of plaintiffs’ counsel.

Special Master Olsen addressed the deposition of Dr. Juan Rosai first, noting that there had been “much contention” over the plaintiff’s treating pathologist’s testimony.

The defendants argue that the …