NYCAL Judge Denies Stay of Coordinated Asbestos Docket; Orders Reexamination of CMO

NEW YORK –– The court overseeing New York City’s coordinated asbestos docket has denied defense efforts to stay the litigation in the wake of a prior decision reinstating punitive damages.

In its Aug. 28 order, Judge Peter H. Moulton of the New York Supreme Court for New York County further outlined a plan for a renegotiation of the docket’s Case Management Order, acknowledging that the current CMO is in need of a “complete re-examination.”

The defendants moved to stay the litigation in a March motion, arguing that the current CMO, implemented nearly 30 years ago, no longer protects the rights …