Defendants Move to Stay Proceedings in New York City Asbestos Litigation Docket, Cite ‘Systemic Favoritism’ to Plaintiffs

NEW YORK –– Defendants involved in the coordinated asbestos docket in New York City have moved to stay all cases, save for plaintiffs’ depositions and pre-deposition discovery in pending and future in extremis cases, so that the court and parties can develop a “new, modernized Case Management Order that is fair and balanced and continues to protect all parties’ rights.”

In the March 31 motion filed with the New York County Supreme Court, the defendants argued that the current CMO, implemented nearly 30 years ago, no longer protects the rights and remedies afforded to the defendants.

“The time has come …