N.Y. Firm Proposes Trial Structure Calling for Trials Every 30 Days

NEW YORK -- A New York law firm with nearly 9,000 asbestos-related claims pending has asked the judge overseeing the claims to adopt an aggressive trial structure that would begin trials every 30 days.

In a Feb. 12 letter to Judge Helen Freedman of the First Judicial District of the New York Supreme Court, Robert J. Gordon of Weitz & Luxenberg in New York proposed a new trial structure with aims of resolving "significantly more FIFO cases."

Sources said the plan is expected to be discussed at an April 17 conference with Judge Freedman.

"As you know, the current …