MDL Defendants Accuse Plaintiff's Firm of Stonewalling Discovery

PHILADELPHIA - Defendants in the federal asbestos MDL have opposed a plaintiff's law firm's motion to quash subpoenas served upon various diagnosing physicians and screening companies, claiming the motion is untimely and merely an attempt to derail defendants' contentions that many plaintiffs' claims are fraudulent. In Re: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL No. 875 (E.D. Pa.).

The defendants further assert in the June 11 response brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that the law firm of Motley Rice has no standing to bring the motion and that the subpoenaed documents and …